Year 10: Military - US/Australia Alliance

READ: http://goo.gl/z6REc

1. Who is Steven Smith and what important role does he play for the Australian Government?
2. What is the Brookings Institution where Mr. Smith delivered his speech?
3. What role does the Australia/US Alliance play in Australia's 'strategic and security arrangements'?
4. What is important about Australia's global location for this alliance?
5. What contributions has Australia made to this alliance for the last 50 years?
6. What did the minister say about the Australian companies who do business with the US?
7. Why does the minister point out this information about this company? What does it highlight about the relationship between Australia and the US?
8. What is the country central to Australia's relationships in the region?
9. What is Australia trying to foster with this country?
10. Why do you think that this is important to Australia?

READ: http://goo.gl/6uKoG

1. What is the US planning on locating in Australia? Where? Why?
2. What implications does this have on the coordination between Australian and American forces?

Year 10: Immigration

1. What is an asylum seeker?
2. What reasons would they leave their country and come to Australia?
3. What reasons will allow them to be approved for asylum?
4. From what countries are most asylum seekers coming?

Questions:

1. What is the deal between Australia and Malaysia? (What are the numbers of people being 'swapped'?)
2. What rights will they have in Malaysia which will allow them to support themselves?
3. How does Malaysia normally treat illegal immigrants?
4. Are children being sent to Malaysia?
5. What is going to happen to the processing of the 500+ people currently in Australia who have arrived from the 7th of May?
6. What do refugee advocates worry about for the 800 asylum seekers?
7. What is the goal of this 'swap' program?
8. Do you think that it will work? Why/why not?

For help answering these questions read this article: http://goo.gl/0L3wr

Year 10: Monday 25/7 Period 4

Have a read of this article: http://goo.gl/nMM8W

Answer the following questions:

1. What title does Kevin Rudd have in the Australian Government? Explain what this role entails.
2. What is Kevin Rudd's concern?
3. What forum was he at to express his concerns?
4. What actions have North Korea performed recently which have Rudd alarmed and the region lacking stability?
5. What is a 'direct threat' to Australia according to Rudd?
6. What do you think that Rudd is trying to accomplish diplomatically by calling out his North Korean counterpart publicly? How does this relate to Australia's relationship and role in the region? 
7. How does this relate to Australia's relationship to major allies?

Year 10: Australian Aid

1. Read this article: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/were-not-really-helping-20110718-1hlhr.html
2. Summarize the article in dot points on your blog and then write a paragraph stating your view on what the author is presenting.
3. Why do you think Australia is giving more Aid? What would be the benefits of such a policy? What would be the negatives?
4. Discuss Article as Class

Year 9: Tue 7/19 Research Action Project

1. Discuss assessment and hand back for class (must return at end of class)
2. How to do research?
3. Presentation/Discussion:  Subjective vs. Objective Research
        - What is the difference?
        - What value do they play in research?
        - How to conduct Subjective/Objective Research?

Year 10: Tuesday 19/7

1. Review and Discussion of the Oz in the Region Project
2. CLASSWORK: Blog Post w/ reflection of project, how they worked and how group worked.
3. Discuss general findings.
4. On board: list major concerns for Oz for Aid, Diplomatic Communication, Culture, Defense, Migration, Tourism, Trade, Sport.
5. HW: improve/complete your projects