Weekly+Activities

For our activities each week we are using a special poster made by the Australian Geographic magazine, called //'Australian Geographics 100 Aussie Icons'.// The poster includes illustrations of the icons that Australian people hold dear to their heart. The icons are 'True Blue' and 'Fair Dinkum' of the Australian identity. It includes icons in categories such as: People, Art, the Bush, Figures, Nature, Places, Hobbies, Brands, Emblems, Journeys and lots more... Can you find what they are? Some are more obvious than others!

(picture from: [] by artist Jim Tzinganos). **__Your Job Each Week:__** Each week you need to pick ONE of the icons represented in the poster from Australian Geographic and research that icon using either books in our library, the internet or another source of information (remember the locating step from the ISP in Term 1). You will work in pairs and will need to fill in a Microsoft Word document each week with the information you find. For each icon you research there are three questions/parts of the sheet to fill out: What icon is it? What is the history behind it? and is it a good representation of ALL Australians? After you fill in your sheet (which is located below) you will need to upload it to your class wiki page on here! There is a page on the left hand side that gives you instructions on how to do that. After researching a few icons each, you will need to pick the one that you think BEST fits/represents the Australian Identity! We will collate the results and come up with a 'Top 10' for your class!