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__ Description of Resource __

This resource is a poster promoting Harmony Day 2010. This poster has been created by the Australian Government and has been created to provide information on Harmony Day and how you can become involved in celebrating “Australia’s cultural diversity” and find more information on this event. This poster has employed the use of written and visual features to gain people’s attention. For example the slogan “Everyone Belongs” is used and the symbolic nature of a variety of colours is used to suggest differences between people whilst being connected through the joining of hands.

__Relevance to the unit outcome__

This resource has been employed to aid the HSIE outcome CUS2.4 Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief system in a variety of communities. This poster links to the unit outcome as it provides a basis for students to discuss Harmony Day and why it is important. This can therefore further encompass the idea that Australia is a multicultural society with a range of different belief systems, languages and viewpoints. This poster allows students the opportunity to discuss these ideas and how it is important to respect and appreciate cultural diversity within student’s own local community and Australia as a whole.

__Aspect of Literacy to be explored__

This resource provides an avenue for the exploration of written and visual features of a text. However focus is particularly placed on the use of written grammar. This resource provides students with the example of the posters intended audience and how it effects the language used (English outcome RS2.7). Student’s attention can also be directed to other written grammatical features such as the use of slogans. Other resources including a variety of brochures, which will aid student’s knowledge of written grammatical features, which will further support this resource. Overall the connection is further made between how the written and visual can be combined to create meaning.

__ Reference List: __

Australian Government: Department of Immigration and Citizenship (2010). Harmony Day. Retrieved 25 September 2011, from Harmony Day web site http://www.harmony.gov.au. Board of Studies NSW. (1998). English K ‐ 6 Syllabus. Sydney: Board of Studies NSW. Board of Studies NSW. (2007). HSIE K-6 Syllabus. Sydney: Board of Studies NSW.

 