Other+general+useful+resources

__**Other general useful Resources:**__

 * __Documents:__**


 * NSW Board of Studies. (1998). //English K-6 Modules//. Sydney pp 223- 231. This document sets out all the information about teaching text types in K-6. Pages 223-231 deals specifically with teaching Information reports to Stage two children. It covers aspects such as the key grammatical features, links to other KLA's and examples showing the key features of that text type.
 * NSW Board of Studies. (2007). //K-6 English syllabus//. Sydney: Author . This document provides teachers with outcomes and indicators for the English KLA.
 * NSW Board of Studies. (2006). //HSIE syllabus//. Sydney: Author. This document provides teachers with outcomes and indicators for the HSIE KLA.
 * NSW Board of Studies. (1999). //K-6 HSIE units of work.// Sydney: Author. This document provides some suggested learning experiences and show student work samples.

__**Resource Kits:**__


 * NSW Department of Education and Training Curriculum Support Directorate. (2001). //Celebrating Together- A multistage resource for K-6 HSIE//. This is an excellent multi staged resource for allow classrooms learning about celebrations. It contains all the lessons one needs covering the relevant HSIE outcomes and multiple worksheets and hands on activities to go with them. It is extremely user friendly and contains many resources especially for the lower primary years.
 * NSW Board of Studies. (2010). //Worksample. Celebrations//. Sydney: Author. This resource, created by the Board of Studies, contains an integrated unit of work on celebrations.


 * __Factual Texts on celebrations:__**
 * Atkins, M.( 2006). //Australia's Commemorative Day//s. Heinemann: Victoria
 * Bos, S.(2011). //Symbols of Australia: Commemorative Days//. Macmillan: South Yarra
 * World Books Inc. (2003). //Celebrations and Rituals around the world: Everyday Celebrations and Rituals//. Chicago
 * All of the above factual texts are examples of rich sources of knowledge and images on various celebrations. Atkins and Bos are focussed on Australian
 * commemorative days and so are highly appropriate for use in an Australian context.

> Wikispaces. This is the website students will use to create their website so it is a good idea to go through this with students and show them how to navigate the page. www.wikispaces.com > Slide Share: How to create a Wiki page. This website shows step by step how to create a Wiki and would be useful for the teacher to go through with the students so they understand how to add their content onto the Wiki.
 * __Online resources:__**
 * // Writing Fun by Jenny Eathe //r. This interactive website allows students and teachers to explore the features of different text types in an interactive way. This is a great resource for teaching about information reports as it allows the students to get actively involved and is visually attractive through its use of colour and animations. [|www.writingfun.com]
 * //ABC Celebrations and Commemorations// . This website is by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and is supported by the NSW Department of Education and Training. It has lots of information about celebrations and also includes teacher notes, classroom activities, web resources and examples of student work.[]
 * Celebrations . This website is by Teacher on the Web and includes a number activities and links to various different sites that give information about different celebrations. This resource is extremely child friendly.[]
 * // Australia Day toolkit. // This website provides the general public and teachers with tools, ideas and information to support Australia Day celebrations. []
 * Australian Government Website . This website has an events page which provides lots of information on Australian Celebration Days []
 * Wikispaces- Educational Wikis . This website gives an array of educational wiki examples to show students. http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis
 * Curriculum Leadership. Helping teachers to explore multimodal texts. This website provides information to teachers about multimodal texts and will be helpful in assisting teachers to explain multimodal texts to students. []
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__**Videos**__: media type="youtube" key="R1JwyxNh3Ak" height="219" width="294" Welcome to Country This video shows an Australian Aboriginal 'Welcome to Country' at a significant event at Parliament House. By viewing this video, students would be introduced to Australian Aboriginal Ceremony and could be encouraged to explore the significance of such ceremony's and celebrations to use in the creation of their Wiki.

media type="youtube" key="TBOd9octLQA" height="251" width="336" Child's Birthday Party The above video shows the birthday tradition of singing 'Happy Birthday' to the birthday person, before they blow out the candles on their Birthday cake. The video shows the playgroup singing 'Happy Birthday' in both English and Mandarin. This video would provide a springboard for discussions about birthday celebrations in different cultures.

media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY?rel=0" height="263" width="349" Wikis in Plain English The above video shows why Wikis are useful tools for communication. The Video shows exaples of how to create a Wiki and add pages to a Wiki. The video is useful for showing students the basic functions of Wikis