COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Lesson Plan on Multiculturalism by Aleksandra Peric !"#$$$%

&c'ool : Brookside College P-9 (ear Grou)* 7 Date* 21.03.2014
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Multiculturalism
Aims
Students ork toget!er to e"#lore cultural di$ersit%
&% making o&ser$ations and s!aring t!eir cultural
&ackground and e"#eriences.
Students !a$e a &asic understanding and
knoledge o' !at multiculturalism means a'ter
toda%(s lesson.
+EL&* &trands Domain Foci and &tandards
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Ci$ics and Citi.ens!i#
Students e"amine t!e a%s in !ic! )ustralians are
connected to ot!er #eo#le in t!e )sia-Paci'ic region
and around t!e orld.
Students interact it! a $ariet% o' grou#s and
organisations in ci$ic and communit% e$ents.
)t -e$el 7/ students are orking toards t!e -e$el 0
Standards
Location , &ettin-
Classroom
Or-anisation , &tudent Grou)s
Class 1iscussion
2rou# 1iscussions
3orking in #airs
Com#leting orks!eets on t!eir on.
Classroom mana-ement strate-y
*sing t!e !and u# gesture so students are aare t!e%
need to &e 4uite and listen.
3!en t!e teac!er is talking and students !a$e a
4uestion/ t!e% need to raise t!eir !and.
3!en a student is talking and one o' t!eir #eers !as a
4uestion/ t!e% need to raise t!eir !and.
.ey +ocabulary
Multiculturalism
Culture
)ustralia
-anguages
Background
5ood
5amil%
5ootscra%
Mel&ourne
)ustralia
Materials /esources and E0ui)ment
Picture o' Barkl% St in 5ootscra%
2 3orks!eets
Pen
/e1erences,&ources
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INT/ODUCTION
Connectin- En-a-in- and Modellin- In0uiry
MAIN 2OD(
Guidin- In0uiry and Practise
CONCLU&ION
&'arin- E3)lainin- and /e4ie5in- In0uiry
Peo#le !a$e come 'rom man% di''erent lands across t!e glo&e in
t!e last 280 %ears or so to 'ind a !ome in )ustralia. 9!ere are
man% di''erent reasons 'or t!is. Suc! reasons could &e to 'ind a
&etter a% o' li'e/ esca#e ar or &ecause #eo#le ere &eing
'orced to lea$e t!eir countr%. 9oda% e ill &e e"#loring di''erent
t%#es o' cultures and nationalities t!at are 'ound in )ustralia/
#articularl% Mel&ourne. 3e ill also &e e"#loring !ere our
'amilies roots come 'rom and di''erent t%#es o' languages and
'oods t!at students in our classroom !a$e.
2rou# discussion on !at :multiculturalism(
means.
Acti4ity 6*
Pair u# in to(s and discuss t!e image o' Barkl% St
in 5ootscra% t!at is distri&uted to t!e class.
1iscuss in 3 minutes !at t%#e o' t!ings %ou can
see in t!e #icture.
5olloing t!e discussion/ a orks!eet ill &e
distri&uted it! a 4uestionnaire suc! as !at t%#e
o' s!o#s can &e seen in t!e #icture/ !at
language ot!er t!an ,nglis! is seen/ etc. )lloed
time 'or t!is acti$it% is 10 minutes.
3!en t!is acti$it% is com#leted/ t!ere ill &e a
class discussion a&out !at as seen in t!e
#icture o' Barkl% St in 5ootscra%.
Acti4ity 7*
;n #airs/ discuss t!e 'olloing:
- !at &ackground %our 'amil% came 'rom
- !% t!e% came to )ustralia
- do %ou s#eak a language ot!er t!an ,nglis!
at !ome
- !at t%#e o' traditional 'ood %ou eat at !ome
3rite t!ese don on t!e orks!eet #ro$ided.
5olloing t!e orks!eet/ collecti$el% as a class/
t!ere ill &e a discussion on students
&ackgrounds/ languages and 'oods t!e% eat at
!ome.
9!e students ill &e asked i' t!eir knoledge on
multiculturalism as &roaden a'ter toda%(s lesson.
Acti4ity !* 89ome5ork:
)t !ome/ discuss it! %our 'amil% !% t!e%
decided to come to )ustralia <i' %ou ere not a&le
to anser t!is 4uestion in class=. 3rite it don and
as a class e ill s!are t!is ne"t time.
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Barkly St Footscray

What types of shops can be seen?

Which languages are used on the signs?
What other backgrounds are represented even though the sign is written in English?
Why do some of the shops have languages other than English on them?
Where might Footscray be?
Our School Community
How many languages other than English are represented at the school?
Which languages have the largest number of speakers?
Would signs in languages other than English be useful in the school/local community (if not there already)?
Where?
Which languages and why?
Our Multicultural Community
What background is your family from?
Why did they come to ustralia?
!o you speak a language other than English at home?
What type of traditional food do you eat at home?
!iscuss in pairs your answers and share each other"s traditional family values# languages and yummy foods$