Title Behind the News: Election Results/Greyhound Ban/Pokemon Go/Abacus Championships/Drought Aid

Published Australia : ABC3, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 min.) ; 140951692 bytes Summary ELECTION RESULTS:<br />Over the school holidays the 2016 federal election was held and Malcolm Turnbull was returned to the top job - just.<br /><br />But now he has a new challenge - up to a dozen crossbench senators, all with very different views on how the country should be run.<br /><br />So how will these politicians change how the government operates over the next three years?<br /><br />Tune in next week to find out.<br /><br />TEACHING RESOURCES INCLUDED<br />Learning Areas -<br /><br />Civics and Citizenship Knowledge and Understanding / Government and democracy:<br /><br />The roles and responsibilities of electors and representatives in Australia's democracy Year 5<br /> <br />The key values that underpin Australia's democratic system of government Year 5<br /><br />The key institutions of Australia's democratic system of government based on the Westminster system, including the monarchy, parliaments and courts Year 6<br /><br />The key features of government under the Australian Constitution with a focus on: the separation of powers, the roles of the Executive, the Houses of Parliament, and the division of powers Year 7<br /> <br />Civics and Citizenship Skills / Questioning and research:<br />Develop a range of questions to investigate Australia's political and legal systems Year 7<br /><br />GREYHOUND BAN:<br />New South Wales has announced that it wants to ban greyhound racing.<br /><br />It says too many trainers have been shown to use cruel practices to train their animals.<br /><br />But some people argue a ban isn't the way to go. We look into it.<br /><br />TEACHING RESOURCES INCLUDED<br />Learning Areas -<br /><br />English / Literacy / Creating texts:<br /><br />Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience Year 5<br /><br />English / Literacy / Interacting with others:<br /><br />Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations, connecting ideas to students' own experiences and present and justify a point of view Year 5<br /><br />Use interaction skills, varying conventions of spoken interactions such as voice volume, tone, pitch and pace, according to group size, formality of interaction and needs and expertise of the audience Year 6<br /><br />Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes, making appropriate choices for modality and emphasis Year 6<br /><br />Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions Year 6<br /><br />POKEMON GO:<br />A new augmented reality video game is taking the world by storm.<br /><br />Pokemon Go has been played by millions of people since it launched a couple of weeks ago.<br /><br />Lots of people are excited about the benefits of these types of video games. But some are worried about the dangers of them, too.<br /><br />ABACUS CHAMPIONSHIPS :<br />How would you quickly solve a difficult maths equation if you didn't have a calculator?<br /><br />Well not so long ago, the answer was to use an abacus.<br /><br />We went along to the National Abacus Maths Championships to find out how they work and why they're still being used today.<br /><br />DROUGHT AID:<br />This week marked the launch of Heywire - a competition that encourages rural and regional young people to tell their stories.<br /><br />To celebrate, we thought we'd take a look at one of last year's winners, Callan.<br /><br />He shared how city people helped his family through a recent drought and how much that support meant to him.<br /> Notes Closed captioning in English Event Broadcast 2016-07-26 at 10:00:00 Notes Classification: NC Subject Cattle -- Effect of drought on. Greyhound racing -- Law and legislation. Problem solving -- Mathematics. Self-help techniques. Video games -- Social aspects. Australia. New South Wales. Queensland -- Longreach. Form Streaming video Author Baird, Mike, contributor Bazley, Nathan, host Holbrook, Matt, reporter Kim, Chloe, 2000- contributor Moseley, Amelia, reporter Smith, Carl, reporter Turnbull, Malcolm, contributor

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