What Was the Main Point of the FIFA Story?

Questions for discussion

FIFA

What was the main point of the FIFA story?
What is FIFA?
Why were the FIFA officials arrested?
What does corruption mean?
What have some of the officials been accused of?
What has the boss of FIFA done?
Soccer’s biggest competition is the...
Which country won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup?
Why are there concerns about the treatment of workers building the World Cup stadiums?
What did you learn watching the BtN FIFA story?

Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page

Citizenship

Discuss the Citizenship story with another student and record the main points of the discussion.
There are a few ways that you can be a citizen of a country. Name one of them.
When a person applies to be a citizen, what might they have to do?
What is dual citizenship?
What special rights do you have as a citizen of Australia?
What responsibilities do Australian citizens have?
How does the Australian government want to change the citizenship laws?
Why are some people worried about changing the laws?
Should the government be able to take away a person’s Australian citizenship? Why or why not?
What do you understand more clearly since watching the BtN Citizenship story?

Check out the BtNCitizenship resourceon the Teachers page

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Magna Carta

Which special anniversary is Magna Carta celebrating?
When did King John rule England?
Why was he considered a bad leader?
Describe who the barons were.
Why did King John tax them?
What happened on the 15thof June at Runnymede?
What sorts of things did they make King John agree to?
The rules were written down in a document which would later be known as what?
Magna Carta is also known as The Great ______.
What did Magna Carta represent?
Where are the principles of Magna Carta found?

Check out the BtN Magna Carta resourceon the Teachers page

Aged Care Kid

What inspired Dhruv to create a safety system for the elderly?
What does Protego stand for?
How many adults over the age of 65 fall each year?
What does Protego do?
Briefly describe how it works?
How did Dhruv learn about designing the system?
Describe the success of Protego.
How does he hope the system will help the elderly?
What does Dhruv want to do with Protego in the future?
What did you like about this story?

Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page.

Modern Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was a...
When was he born?
How many plays did he write?
List three words invented by Shakespeare.
Which Shakespeare play is the `The Lion King’ based on?
What sorts of things did he write about?
Which play has the Bell Shakespeare company reinvented for kids?
What do the kids in the story say about the language Shakespeare uses?
What was surprising about this story?
Do you think Shakespeare’s plays are still relevant today? Why or why not?

Do theShakespeare quizon the BtN website

©ABC 2015

Teacher Resource

Citizenship

Discuss the Citizenship story with another student and record the main points of the discussion.
There are a few ways that you can be a citizen of a country. Name one of them.
When a person applies to be a citizen, what might they have to do?
What is dual citizenship?
What special rights do you have as a citizen of Australia?
What responsibilities do Australian citizens have?
How does the Australian government want to change the citizenship laws?
Why are some people worried about changing the laws?
Should the government be able to take away a person’s Australian citizenship? Why or why not?
What do you understand more clearly since watching the BtN Citizenship story?

Negotiate with students how many activities they complete from each section.

After watching the BtN Citizenship story, respond to the following questions:

As a citizen of Australia what rights and responsibilities do you have? Fill in the table below.

Rights
of an Australian citizen / Responsibilities
of an Australian citizen

As a class,talk about your feelings of belonging to your school community. Think about the diversity in backgrounds, experiences, interests and age of people in your school community. Broaden your discussion and talk about your local community and Australia as a whole.

Explain to students that developing positive relationships can help build a sense of belonging and inclusion. Provide a range of opportunities for students to share their personal stories to create an atmosphere of cultural respect and acknowledgement of diversity.

Students will imagine they have recently become Australian citizens. They will write a letter to family or friends from their chosen country of origin telling them about why they have become an Australian citizen, and what it means to them. Alternatively, students could write a blog, or diary entry. Students could exchange letters with other students in the class.

Create a questionnaire and then survey classmates to investigate the cultural diversity that is represented in your classroom. Students can formulate their own questions or use the example questions provided below. Students will collect and record the data from their survey, and then present their findings in an interesting way. For example a bar graph or an infographic. Show on a world map where the students in your class come from.

Survey people from your school community to find out what values are important to them. What are the three values that you think are the most important to Australia? Reflect on your own beliefs. What do you think is the most important value for Australia and why. Compare your findings with the class.

Many Australian citizens have shaped our nation into what it is today. Students will identify Australian citizens whom they feel have contributed significantly to our national identity. Students prepare a short oral or visual presentation for the class about what their chosen person has contributed to Australia. Students may want to consider producing a painting of a famous Australian who has made a positive contribution to Australian society and identity. Display the paintings in an ‘Australian Citizenship Gallery of Identities’.

Write a speech that you would like to deliver to guests at a citizenship celebration event. Students will present their speeches to the class.

Design an ‘Our place story map’. The story map provides opportunities for teachers and students to investigate the stories of people around Australia. Invite your students to explore the experiences and create anOur Placestory of a family member or someone in their community that has migrated to Australia and taken up Australian citizenship.

My Place – Story Map

Department of Immigration – Stories

Students will attempt one or more of the Australian citizenship practise tests.Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bondhas all the information students need to help them pass the citizenship test. Create your own Australian citizenship test and then test your classmates.

Australian Government – Australian Citizenship

Coalition backbenchers increase pressure on Cabinet over anti-terrorism citizenship changes

ABC News – Explainer: Who is at risk of losing their Australian citizenship under the Government’s new legislation?

BBC News – Australian militants risk losing citizenship

Civics and Citizenship – Education

Australian Government – Australian Voices

©ABC 2015

Teacher Resource

Magna Carta

Which special anniversary is Magna Carta celebrating?
When did King John rule England?
Why was he considered a bad leader?
Describe who the barons were.
Why did King John tax them?
What happened on the 15th of June at Runnymede?
What sorts of things did they make King John agree to?
The rules were written down in a document which would later be known as what?
Magna Carta is also known as The Great ______.
What did Magna Carta represent?
Where are the principles of Magna Carta found?

Discuss the BtN Magna Carta story as a class. What questions were raised in the discussion (what are the gaps in their knowledge)? The following KWLH organiser provides students with a framework to explore their knowledge on this topic and consider what they would like to know and learn.

What do I know? / What do I want to know? / What have I learnt? / How will I find out?

Magna Carta

Watch this British Library animation about Magna Carta, and respond to the following questions.

Magna Carta is one of the most famous documents in the world. What does this mean?
Why was Magna Carta originally created?
Magna Carta has become a powerful symbol of our rights and freedoms. Imagine what life would be like if Magna Carta didn’t exist.

Students will research, design and illustrate their own comic strip explaining what Magna Carta is and how it has influenced Australian law. Write an informative description to match each illustration. Watch this animation for ideas. Alternatively, provide students with a range of screen grabs (see below) from the animation, and ask students to write a caption for each image.

Magna Carta – The right to a fair trial

Magna Carta makes reference to the rights of individuals. One of the most celebrated sections is credited with establishing the principle of a right to a fair trial. It states:

This declaration of individual rights has been seen as an important step towards the development of democracy, and has influenced documents such as the Australian Constitution. It gave all free men the right to justice and a fair trial.

Read this part of Magna Carta as a class and then find answers to the following questions.

What do we mean by democracy?
Where does the word democracy come from? Find a definition as a class.

(Democracy comes from the Greek words demos meaning ‘the people’ and kratos meaning ‘power’. Effectively, the word ‘democracy’ means ‘people power’ – the right of people to make decisions on how they are governed.)

Everyone has the right to a fair trial. What does this mean?
How would our lives be different without democracy?

Class mock trial

Convert the classroom into a courtroom, and conduct a mock trial using this script: Mock Trial - a script and how to guide for the case: Goldilocks v. The Three Bears.

Before starting this activity teach students about the purpose of trials and the procedure involved. Learn about the roles of the people in a courtroom including the judge, prosecution lawyer, defence lawyer, defendant, witness and jury. Introduce students to appropriate legal vocabulary.

Consider visiting your local law court to learn more about the courts functions and processes.
Courts Administration Authority of SA (virtual tour available)
Magistrates Court of Victoria (virtual tour available)
The Law Society of NSW
Legal Aid Queensland

As a class read the Goldilocks and the Three Bears fairytale. Tell students that Goldilocks is on trial for her crimes and respond to the following questions:
What happened in the story?
What crime/s did Goldilocks commit?
What evidence do you have?
Do you think Goldilocks should be punished for her crimes?
What would be a fair punishment?
What defence does Goldilocks have for her crimes?
What questions would you ask Goldilocks in a trial?
What questions would you ask the Three Bears?

Set up a mock trial with a judge and jury, to determine the guilt or innocence of Goldilocks. Students should be selected to play the main roles, and then groups formed to assist each witness and lawyer prepare for the trial. Use this play script for your class mock trial, with each role reading their part aloud. Consider rotating students in the various roles to ensure each student is involved in the process. This script may be read over the course of a week. Alternatively, choose an excerpt from the script to give your students an experience of the process.

Students will develop and write their own persuasive argument either for or against Goldilocks and suggest appropriate punishment (if any). Alternatively, students can prepare a newspaper or TV report of the proceedings.

Historical perspective

In this activity students will understand that key civic terms used in Australia (e.g. democracy, citizen, government and parliament) have been inherited from other times and places.

Australia set up is first parliament in 1901. Compared to some parliaments around the world, Australia’s is quite young, but it is based on practices and ideals from parliaments in centuries past. Research the origins of parliament and present your findings in a timeline which highlights significant events.Include 1 or 2 interesting facts for each event on your timeline. Find similarities and differences between ancient parliament and Australia’s parliament now.

Reflect on ways in which people in ancient societies were governed and compare to Australia today

Parliamentary Education Office – A Short History of Parliament

Parliamentary Education Office – Magna Carta

Parliamentary Education Office – A Written Agreement: Magna Carta

British Library – Magna Carta

CBBC Newsround – Guide: What is Magna Carta?

Behind the News – Child Rights

BtN: Episode 16 Transcript 9/06/15

Coming up:

We look at what it means to be an Australian citizen.
We celebrate the 800th birthday of a very important document called the Magna Carta.
And to be or not to be, studying Shakespeare at school. That is the question we'll take a look at on Behind the News starting now.

Hi, I'm Nathan. You'll see all that a bit later but first.

FIFA

Reporter: Nic Maher

INTRO:We're kicking off today's show with soccer but it's not good news about a big win. It's about a big corruption case instead. Some officials who worked for the sport's governing body, FIFA have been arrested and charged with it. And now the head of FIFA has said he'll step down too. So what's going on? Here's Nic.

NIC MAHER, REPORTING: Whether it's amazing skills, cheeky tricks or match winning goals.

COMMENTATOR: Australia go in front James Troisi!

Soccer's loved by billions of people right around the world! But recently, a lot of the talk hasn't been about soccer superstars like Ronaldo and Messi, it's been about FIFA.

REPORTER: When you think of FIFA, this might be the first thing that comes to mind.

FIFA's also the name of the organisation that's in charge of world soccer. Right now, some of the biggest bosses in FIFA are caught up in a massive scandal. A few weeks ago, 9 current and former FIFA officials were arrested for corruption which means being dishonest in a position of power. Some have been accused of taking millions of dollars from countries in return for favours, like the right to host big tournaments.

RICHARD WEBER: This is the World Cup of fraud and today we're issuing FIFA a red card.

Although he wasn't arrested, FIFA boss Sepp Blatter says he'll step down. Sepp says he didn't have anything to do with the dodgy stuff going on, but there are reports he's being investigated by Swiss authorities and the FBI. There's also a massive investigation going on into the World Cup. It's the biggest sporting tournament in the world, even bigger than the Olympics. For the country that hosts it, it can mean heaps of money and lots of tourists.

A few years ago Australia spent $46 million dollars on a bid to host the 2022 World Cup, but in the end it went to Qatar. Qatar is here in the Middle East. Only about 2 million people live there. It's also really, really hot. In June when you'd normally play the World Cup it can get up to 50 degrees! FIFA actually had to change the date of the World Cup for the first time in the competition's history so it could be at a cooler time of year. Plus, Qatar's not exactly a big soccer nation.

But even more importantly, there are worries about how Qatar's been treating workers who have come to help build stadiums. Human rights groups say Qatar doesn’t have strong enough laws to protect workers and since the construction started 1200 people have died. That's way more than any other recent sporting tournament! So, with all those problems, you might wonder why Qatar was chosen to host such a big event.

Well, investigators are wondering the same thing. They're looking at whether FIFA's process for deciding who hosts the World Cup was fair or whether officials might have taken bribes. If investigators find Russia or Qatar did the wrong thing, some say there's a chance they could lose the right to host the World Cup.

As for FIFA, there'll be a few months still before it elects another leader. Many are hoping it’s a chance for the organisation to clean up its act and work towards a better future for the beautiful game.

The Wire

Right, let’s have a look at what else is making news now. Here’s the Wire.

More than 700 Australians have been recognised for their outstanding achievements with Queen's Birthday honours. Eight people received the top honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia including Australian basketball star Lauren Jackson, and actor Simon Burke. Businessman Dick Smith got one too which he said was amazing for a kid who did badly at school.