at each of them? [Activity] Make a shopping list for your own personal asado. (Arts & traditions) Did you know martial arts and dance are very similar? How many martial arts are there? How many dance styles? Do you know any dance or martial arts? (Culture) How many languages are spoken in Australia? How many are spoken in this school? How many do you think is spoken at home by parents of children at this school? Tiffany (Outback Australian) Foundation – grade 2 questions (ages 5 – 7) (Food) What’s your favourite food? [Activity] Make a list with your teacher and include pictures. (Arts & traditions) Do you have any brothers or sisters? Are you friends with them? (Culture) Where is the country for you? Have you been there? Did you like it? Grades 3 – 4 questions (ages 7 – 10) (Food) What’s your favourite food? How often do you have it? (Arts & traditions) Do you have any brothers or sisters? Are you friends with them? How often do you play with them? [Activity] Make small groups and play a game you would with you sister or brother with the whole group. (Culture) Where is the country for you? Have you been there? Did you like it? What do you think it would be like to live there? Grades 5 – 6 questions (ages 10 – 12) (Food) What’s your favourite food? How do you have it? Do you know how to make it without help from your parents? (Arts & traditions) Do you have siblings? What’s something you do with them regularly? If you don’t, what would you do? (Culture) Where is the country for you? Have you been there? Did you like it? What do you think it would be like to live there? [Activity] Using Google, make a list of towns 100 km away, 200 km away, 300+ km away.
Australian Curriculum Standard Content Descriptions Recipes for Harmony Cultural Questions Cultural Activities Broad Activity 1 Broad Activity 2 Broad Activity 3 Icebreakers Extension Activities ENGLISH SUBJECT – Year 1 Language variation and change Understand that people use different systems of communication to cater to different needs and purposes and that many people may use sign systems to communicate with others Y Y Y Language for interaction Understand that language is used in combination with means of communication, for example facial expressions and gestures to interact with others Y Y Y Y Texts in context Respond to texts drawn from a range of cultures and experiences Y Y Y HISTORY SUBJECT – Year 1 Present and past family life Differences in family structures and roles today, and how these have changed or remained the same over time Y Y Y Present and past family life How the present, past and future are signified by indicating time such as ‘a long time ago’, ‘then and now’, ‘now and then’, ‘old and new’, ‘tomorrow’, as well as by dates and changes that may have personal , such as birthdays, celebrations and seasons Y Y Y Present and past family life Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications. Y Y Y Y Analysis and use of sources Identify and compare features of objects from the past and present Y Y Y Y GEOGRAPHY SUBJECT – Year 1 Geographical Knowledge and Understanding Y Y
Creating Literature imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures using , for example perspective, distance and angle Y Y Y Y Y HISTORY SUBJECT – Year 3 Community and remembrance The importance of Country and to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples who belong to a local area. (This is intended to be a local area study with a focus on one Language group; however, if information or sources are not readily available, another representative area may be studied) Y Y Community and remembrance The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community Y Y Y Y Y Community and remembrance Days and celebrated or commemorated in Australia (including Australia Day, ANZAC Day, Harmony Week, National Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC week and National Sorry Day) and the importance of symbols and emblems. Y Y Community and remembrance Celebrations and commemorations in other places around the world; for example, Bastille Day in France, Independence Day in the USA, including those that are observed in Australia such as Chinese New Year, Christmas Day, Diwali, Easter, Hanukkah, the Moon Festival and Ramadan Y Y Y Y Australian Curriculum Standard content descriptions Recipes for Harmony eBook Cultural Questions Cultural Activities Broad Activity 1 Broad Activity 2 Broad Activity 3 Icebreakers Extension Activities GEOGRAPHY SUBJECT – Year 3 Geographical Knowledge and Understanding The many Countries/Places of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples throughout Australia Y Geographical Knowledge and Understanding The location of Australia’s neighbouring countries and their diverse characteristics Y Y
Geographical Knowledge and understanding The main types of the world and the similarities and differences between the climates of different places Y Y Y Y Geographical Knowledge and understanding The similarities and differences in individuals’ and groups’ feelings and perceptions about places, and how they influence views about the protection of these places Y Y Y Y Geographical knowledge and understanding The similarities and differences between places in terms of their type of settlement, demographic characteristics and the lives of the people who live there Y Y Y Y Y Collecting, recording, evaluating and representing Collect and record relevant geographical and information, for example, by observing by interviewing, conducting surveys, measuring, or from sources such as maps, photographs, satellite images, the media and the internet Y Y Communicating Present findings in a range of communication forms, for example, written, oral, digital, graphic, tabular, and visual, and use geographical terminology Y Y Y Y Australian Curriculum Standard Content Descriptions Recipes for Harmony eBook Cultural Questions Cultural Activities Broad Activity 1 Broad Activity 2 Broad Activity 3 Extension Activities ENGLISH SUBJECT – Year 4 Language variation and change Understand that is one of many social dialects used in Australia, and that while it originated in England it has been influenced by many other languages Y Y Y Y HISTORY SUBJECT – Year 4 Contacts The diversity of Australia's first peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/ Place (land, sea, waterways and skies) and the implications for their daily lives. Y Y Y
Contacts The nature of contact between Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders Peoples and others, for example, the Macassans and the Europeans, and the effects of these interactions on, for example families and the environment Y Y GEOGRAPHY SUBJECT – Year 4 Geographical Knowledge and Understanding The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have for , and how this influences past and present views about the use of resources Y Y 5 / GRADE 6 YEAR LEVEL MATRIX Australian Curriculum Standard Content Descriptions Recipes for Harmony eBook Cultural Questions Cultural Activities Broad Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Icebreakers Extension Activities ENGLISH SUBJECT – Year 5 Language variation and change Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time Y Y Y Literature and context Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts Y Y Y Y HISTORY SUBJECT – Year 5 The Australian Colonies The reasons people migrated to Australia from Europe and , and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant within a colony. Y Y Y GEOGRAPHY SUBJECT – Year 5 Geographical Knowledge and Understanding The location of the major countries of Europe and North America in relation to Australia and the influence of people on the environmental in at least two countries from both continents Y Y Y Y Y Y Geographical Knowledge and Understanding Y Y Y Y