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Activities & Sessions

Essential Learnings

Welcome

Names - page 22

Mixing - page 23

Communicate! Find your partner - page 24

Sample questions - page 25

Four things in common (record sheets) - page 26

Matched pair cards (template) - page 27

Teacher Talk

Use the activities in Enhancing Resilience 1 and Enhancing Resilience 2 in staff professional development sessions as energisers, mixers and starting points for discussion about health and wellbeing.

Identity

3. Relating effectively to others regardless of their identities

Demonstrates appropriate ways of relating to others in a range of learning, social, civic and work contexts, regardless of their identities.

Considering identity and culture

Talking about identity and culture - page 89

Definitions - page 90

Caught in the middle position - page 90

Interview - oral history - page 91

Definitions - page 92

'Caught in the middle' position (handout) - page 93

Interview (handout) - page 94

Teacher Talk

Use a 'mind dump' at the start of a lesson (especially after a break). Ask students to record on a piece of paper anything that is 'on their mind'. Adding their name is optional. They fold it up and either give it to the teacher or throw it in the bin.

Identity

1. Understanding self, group and others

Develops self-awareness and understanding with a strong sense of self-worth in social and working contexts.

Understands key ways in which groups and cultures contribute to forming identity.

Actively engages with the interplay between the 'self' and collective identities.

Describes aspects of personal and group identity, eg cultural, behavioural, social, emotional and intellectual.

Respects different personal and collective identities.

Reflects and communicates with others to influence and generate new personal, working and group identities.

The changing face of Australia

Group membership - page 95

Timeline - page 96

Discussion and research - pages 96-97

Past class photo - page 97

School-based research - page 98

Class of Australia - page 98

Coruna - children and their teacher (handout) - page 99

Teacher Talk

The activities in Enhancing Resilience 1 can be used across the curriculum. They can be used at the beginning of each school year as new class-groups establish a working routine, atmosphere of trust, safety and acceptance.

Futures

2. Understanding world views when analysing future challenges

Understands world views and how they are constructed and manifested.

Identity

1. Understanding self, group and others

Describes aspects of personal and group identity, eg cultural, behavioural, social, emotional and intellectual.

2. Understanding the social construction of identities

Appreciates that identities are constructed around personal and social values, ethics, systems, policies, practices and economics, eg age, race, ethnicity.

People and diversity

One story - pages 100-101

Research - pages 101-102

Reconciliation - page 103

Discussion - page 103

Presenting the research - page 103

Futures

3. Building scenarios of preferred futures

Draws on a range of cultures, including indigenous cultures, to examine future challenges.