Voices of Australia - Education Module
Teaching and learning strategies
Activity 1: Discussion game
Aim:
This activity is designed as a warm-up exercise to introduce concepts of diversity and antidiscrimination. It also helps students to learn a little more about each other, and works well with students from different backgrounds and with different language abilities.
Method:
The activity can be undertaken in small groups, or as a whole class, depending on numbers (no more than 14 in a group).
1. Provide each student with a copy of the worksheet Find someone who… below. If necessary, demonstrate the language needed for the question that students need to ask *(eg. Have you ever played football?).
2. Students then move around their group, or class, asking questions and recording the
names of people who fit the description.
3. After completing the worksheet, students regroup to compare notes as a class.
Teachers can use this as a brainstorming activity to work out similarities and
differences between class members.
4. This activity should be followed by other activities in the module that explore the
concepts of diversity and anti-discrimination in more depth.
*Note that even if the student has done an activity once they can still say yes. Descriptions
can be changed to suit the class.
Time suggested:
15 mins (depending on group size and language ability)
Resource:
Find someone who… (
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Find someone who ….
Has played basketball
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Has been to a place of worship
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Has celebrated a religious occasion
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Likes noodle soup
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Has travelled on a plane
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Is allergic to peanuts
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Has more than three names
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Was not born in Australia
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Likes vegemite
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Has more than two siblings
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Has lived in another country
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Likes cold weather
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Speaks more than one language
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Rides a bicycle
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