History: what does it mean to be Australian?

This term in History, Stage 3 are studying the unit of Australia as a Nation – Immigration. To kick off the unit we talked about what it means to be Australian. As a group, the students spoke of different Australian icons such as Uluru, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Vegemite, Advance Australia Fair, and many more. Then we talked about who we had forgotten to include and how we could try and be more inclusive of others when talking about being “Australian”. From here, students were asked to redesign the Australian flag. The design brief required them to include symbols that included all Australians. It was a proud teacher moment when Imogen showed me her flag design. What a wonderful generation of children we have to guide our world.