Australian+Cultural+Perspectives

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Essential Question: **How do we know who we are?** Unit Question: **How do texts contribute to our understanding of identity?** //In this unit we will investigate how composers represent different perspectives of cultural identity. We will examine the influence of form, register and language on our understanding of Australian culture. We will also investigate the influence of differing contexts and environments on our and others perspectives of Australian culture.// //Your collaboration on this wiki, in the form of a variety of written and visual tasks, will contribute to your formative assessment for this unit. Your summative assessment task will be an extended critical essay.//

Weeks 1-5 teachers to model selection of resources using texts focussed on 'The Bush Myth' as well as the type of analysis required throughout the unit.

Week 6-10 Student Wiki project & The Extended Critical Essay Your collaboration on this wiki will constitute a very important part of your formative assessment. The tasks that you engage in on this wiki will culminate in your summative assessment task: the extended critical essay. You must develop your own page for this wiki which shows evidence of an investigation into a **different perspective** of Australian cultural identity. You may choose from the following perspectives: Your student page must include the following tasks: Your student page may include the following tasks:
 * **urban**
 * **rural**
 * **indigenous**
 * **beach**
 * **war**
 * **migrant**
 * an analysis of a visual text (poster or powerpoint presentation of annotations)
 * a commentary analysing a poem
 * a commentary analysing a prose text - either fiction or non-fiction
 * a quiz developed by you for revision of key terminology
 * your own advertisement which uses the cultural assumptions underpinning the perspective that you investigated
 * a graphic organiser developed as a planning tool for your essay. e.g. **Student Resource: graphic organiser to support your preparation for the summative assessment task** [[file:Graphic Organiser - Perspectives on Australian Identity.isf]]


 * Weeks One & Two (Jan 24-Feb 2):**

**Culture: What is your definition of culture?** Visit this wallwisher and post your definition: @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/culture-definitions

**Representation:** **Look at this painting by Magritte; what point is he trying to make?**


 * Now look at this cartoon: what point is the cartoonist trying to make? **


 * Now let's apply our understanding of Representation to an Australian example:**

To gain some familiarity with what is known as 'The Bush Myth' of Australia's Cultural Identity you can explore the following website: http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/bush/
 * Weeks 2-8: The Bush Myth**

Now that you have examined these paintings, fill out the analysis grid. Please save a copy to your student page for me to see.
 * Visual Texts:**


 * Week 3: Representing the Bush Myth in Poetry:**

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1. In small groups you need to transform the poetry in to prose and critique the poem: 2. Language analysis of the poem: Now it is time to take all the analysis you have been doing over the last couple of weeks and integrate that analysis into a piece of writing called a commentary. You may use the resource below to support your writing. You should aim for 400 words. media type="youtube" key="8WGqaN12JuM" height="390" width="640" =**Weeks 6-8: The Student Wiki Project**= =Yes students it is time to get excited - you now get to move on to another perspective!!!!=
 * Week 4: Commentary Writing**
 * Week 4: Contemporary representations of the bush/bushman:**
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 * Sample Essay for the Assessment Task:**