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Beyond the Fire

https://www.beyondthefire.tv/

https://www.yourtv.com.au/program/beyond-the-fire/400859/

Beyond The Fire follows the stories of Australia’s unsung heroes

as they band together to create life from ashes after the
Australian Black Summer Bushfire Crisis

THE MISSION BEHIND THE SERIES

All Images and information above has been snipped from the Beyond the Fire website.
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Watching the Series.

We will be watching an episode from Beyond the Fire. You will fill in a worksheet around
the theme of community.
The worksheet is a generic worksheet for use in for different episodes and some questions
may not be relevant to some episodes.
These episodes do have some images of fire, however, the theme of these episodes is about
communities looking out for one another’s mental health.

Beyond the Fire Worksheet Episode 1

Answer the following questions. Type your answers underneath each question.

1. Episode name? beyond the fire

2. What is the main theme of this episode?the families farm

3. What type of community is featured in this episode? Local communities

4. Write a list of the people who were interviewed and the role they play in
their community. People who lived in affected areas.
And the Calvert family

5. What were the problems the community faced in this episode?

Horrible fires

6. How was the community affected by the problem and what types of
growth did they face?,they faced growth through adversity

7. How did the community pull together to support each other? they all
came together and helped with different aspects of the fire?they
supported everyone via offering a helping hand and some trying to
prevent the fire from spreading
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8. The communities lost and gained things. What were some of these?

They lost animals and homes but gained stronger relationships

9. What kinds of emotions were the community members facing during their
experience with the fires? Fear and sadness

10. Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

How did the community in this episode discuss resilience? It showed how
they came back stronger through this

11. What mental health messages did the interviewees discuss?

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We all have problems to solve whether its mental or physical.

12. What stood out to you about communities by watching this episode?
Resilience

Words across the Series

These words are used across the Beyond the Fire series.

Write a sentence for each word, giving a definition in the context of the series.

1. Isolation
Staying somewhere alone possibly stuck at or away from your farm.
2. Resilience
Being able to bounce back from the fires
3. Community
Everyone being a part of a group/community.
4. Mental health
A person’s wellbeing.
5. Self-identity
Their farm life is their identity.
6. Pride
There prideful in knowing they get through their own struggles.
7. Black dog
8. Talking and listening
Communicating with one another
9. Feelings/emotions
How you feel towards something.
10. Humanity
The part of you that makes you human.
11. People being valuable
People contributing.
12. Strength
Being strong not just physically but also mentally
13. Connectedness
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How your interpersonal relationships are made

14. Culture
Culture is how they live and what traditions they practice
15. Learning

Learning is the art of using what happens to you and improving something
or yourself.