Get together to celebrate WA’s rich and diverse cultural heritage—be part of Harmony Week 2020We at the Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI) want this kit to inform and inspire you, your school, community or organisation so you can help make Harmony Week 2020 the best yet. #WAHarmony

Harmony Week Kit 2020

HARMONY WEEK 15 – 21 MARCH 2020 Western Australians share a rich and diverse heritage originating from every part of the world. Harmony Week is a time to celebrate this diversity and the social, cultural and economic benefits that it brings to every Western Australian.

This kit contains educational and promotional resources together with information and suggestions on what you can do to get involved.

For more information about Harmony Week contact:

Office of Multicultural Interests Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Phone: (08) 6551 8700

E: harmony@omi.wa.gov.au

W: www.omi.wa.gov.au

Disclaimer: The information and advice within this document is provided voluntarily by the Office of Multicultural Interests as a public service.

The information and advice is provided in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for purpose of this document.

The reader of this document should satisfy him or herself concerning its application to their situation. The State of Western Australia, the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, the Office of Multicultural Interests, and their officers expressly disclaim liability for any act or omission occurring in reliance on this document or for any consequences of such act or omission.

Register your Harmony

Week event on the Office of

Multicultural Interests

website by sending the

details to

harmony@omi.wa.gov.au

#WAHarmony

INSIDE THIS KIT...page 1

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Harmony Week & multicultural WA

Activities

Education Kit for schools

WA’S CULTURAL DIVERSITY AT A GLANCE

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• one-third (32.2 per cent) of Western

Australians are born overseas—that’s

the highest percentage of the

population for any Australian State

or Territory

• Among these countries, arrivals from the Philippines increased the most (78.9 per cent) followed by India (65.1 per cent) since the 2011 Census.

• Perth has the second-highest percentage of people born overseas of all Australian capital cities (36.1 per cent) after Sydney (36.7 per cent).

• Except for Italian, the largest ‘language other than English’ groups were made up of Asian and African languages.

THE TOP 5 COUNTRIES OF BIRTH ARE >

WA’S POPULATION SPEAKS MORE THAN 240 LANGUAGES

More than 100 religious faiths are followed in WA

The top five languages spoken at home (other than English):

South Africa 41,008

Philippines 30,835

79,222 New Zealand

3.2%

194,164 England

7.8%

1.7%

49,384

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Western Australia (WA) is one of Australia’s most culturally diverse States.The 2016 Census showed that:

Tagalog 15,265 0.6%

Vietnamese 20,242 0.8%

Mandarin 47,846 1.9%

Italian 29,397 1.2%

Cantonese 19,340 0.8%

• Hinduism is the fastest growing religion, followed by Islam and Buddhism.

• among those born overseas, people from non-main English speaking countries (410,291) outnumbered those from main English speaking countries (387,423) for the first time since the Census began in Western Australia.

SEARCH DIVERSITY WA Ever wondered how many people in WA have the same ancestry as you, or how many Western Australians were born in Vietnam or Greece or South Africa? Or how many people living in different parts of Australia speak Mandarin? Search Diversity WA has the answers.

Available from the OMI website

this online search facility shows the

demographic, cultural and socioeconomic

backgrounds of Western Australians, including

profiles of all WA electoral divisions and local

government areas.

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Harmony Week originated in Western Australia as an

opportunity for Western Australians to recognise, discuss

and celebrate our cultural diversity.

It began as ‘Harmony Day’ in 1998 and was celebrated on

21 March—the United Nations International Day for the Elimination

of Racial Discrimination.

The UN chose 21 March as it was the day of the 1960 Sharpeville

Massacre when police fired on a peaceful demonstration against

apartheid in South Africa. Around 250 unarmed black protestors,

many of whom were children, were either killed or wounded.

In 2003, due to community concerns about holding public

celebrations on the date of the massacre, the WA Government

changed Harmony Day to Harmony Week.

The WA Government wanted to celebrate this State’s cultural

diversity by organising events over a week. This means that we

can celebrate the benefits of our cultural diversity for six days and

reserve 21 March for reflection and discussion.

In 2020, for the first time, Harmony Week has become a national

celebration, right across Australia.

#WAHarmony

Alina Tang is an artist from Perth currently living and working in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her parents are Vietnamese refugees who came to Australia in the 1980s. Her immediate family is linguistically diverse, speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese and English at home.

Her practice embraces both independent and socially-engaged collaborative approaches across drawing, painting, installation, and wall-works that are bright, colourful and full of joy. Alina’s Harmony Week artwork represents the various cultural, linguistic, faith and ethnic backgrounds of Western Australians.

HARMONY WEEK ARTIST

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Harmony Week runs from Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 March 2020.

Everyone can join in—community organisations, workplaces, colleges and universities. See this kit for ideas on how to get started.

Workplace• For State Government agencies,

local governments and not-for-

profit organisations: encourage staff

to complete Diverse WA Cultural

Competency Training at

www.diversewa.omi.wa.gov.au.

• Learn about the cultural diversity in the organisation you work for. How many different languages do your colleagues speak?

• Organise discussion groups with leaders from culturally diverse communities to improve your service provision to each group.

• Promote Harmony Week in your internal or external publications, such as your intranet, website or newsletter, and ask your staff for ideas on what you can do to celebrate.

• Invite an interpreter or a community leader to talk about their work at a morning tea for staff.

• Raise awareness about the government Language Services Policy and use it to assist you in developing your own policy. Invite interpreters into your workplace to talk about their work.

• For local governments: become a ‘Refugee welcome zone’.

• Gather your colleagues together over a delicious lunch of foods from different cultures—see the Scanlon Foundation Taste of Harmony website www.tasteofharmony.org.au for ideas and to register your workplace.

• Organise an event—a fair, a music or dance performance, or a craft workshop—in partnership with another culturally diverse community group to increase community connections.

• Organise a quiz night on the theme of diversity (there are some great quiz questions in the schools section at the end of this kit!).

#WAHarmony

GET INVOLVED!

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At home

• Share your photographs of family members and talk about how they came to be in Australia.

• Trace your ancestry on a world map.

• Find out more about the traditional Indigenous owners of your area—look online or at your local library.

• Talk about the difference between feeling included or not included and what makes you feel that you belong in Australia.

• Get to know your neighbours—ask about their heritage.

With friends• Make your voice or music part of OMI’s

Voices in Harmony initiative—an online playlist that is the soundtrack for Harmony Week. Contact harmony@omi.wa.gov.au.

• Organise a dinner and bring a dish from a country of your heritage.

• Choose a book from a different culture for your book club.

• Learn something different, like another language, how to do capoeira or how to play the tabla or the zurna!

• Host a Welcome Dinner.

• Initiate a Community Hub with your

local council.

Whatever you do—facebook, tweet or

instagram it with the #WAHarmony or send a

picture to OMI at harmony@omi.wa.gov.au.

Schools• Stage a traditional dress fashion parade or

hold an international dress-up day, with students dressing-up in costumes that reflect their cultural background.

• Set up a library book display and hold a multicultural reading challenge. Encourage students (as well as parents and teachers!) to check out books set in, or about, other cultures.

• Hold a public speaking or debating competition on topics linked to diversity and harmony.

• Challenge each student, staff member and parent to learn something new about the cultural diversity of other students and teachers.

• Get singing and dancing with a multicultural concert … or a disco.

#WAHarmony

GET INVOLVED!

• Hold a multicultural-themed quiz night and get the parents mingling … but get the students to come up with some of the questions!

• Get the grounds staff involved and create a scavenger hunt that challenges students to find native or introduced plants growing around the school.

• Feature more multicultural food in your school canteen.

• Invite local Aboriginal elders or migrant guest speakers to talk about their culture.

• Stage an art exhibition displaying creative projects that showcase your school’s diversity.

• Organise a multifaith prayer service.

• Hand over the planning, organisation and recording of your Harmony Week events to the students! From creative brainstorming to gathering resources, making PA announcements to preparing Facebook posts, designing and putting up decorations, taking photographs and creating a post-event digibook … there is something for everyone.

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Use Harmony Week as an opportunity to recognise and celebrate personal endeavour and contribution to the community. You could hold a special awards ceremony, or get involved in the Aussie of the Month program.

• Hold forums, seminars, debates or lectures on equality, racism, social justice or human rights.

• Work together with the Student Guild and campus clubs to create harmony-themed events, such as multicultural food stalls or public performances.

• Promote Harmony Week in your internal or external publications, such as website, newsletter, magazine and email networks.

• Invite an interpreter to career forums to talk about their work.

• Organise a concert on campus with music from diverse cultures. Ask music students to demonstrate instruments from diverse cultural backgrounds.

• Get to know more about the international students at your college.

• Explore opportunities for exchanges with higher education institutions in other countries.

HIGHER EDUCATION

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FOOD, FAITH AND LOVE IN WAThis series of personal narratives from across WA’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities explores the themes of food, faith and love—how they can touch us and shape the direction of our lives.

Take the time during Harmony Week to laugh, learn and be inspired by these videos of powerful true stories from WA’s amazing diverse communities.

WALK INTO PERTH’S MULTICULTURAL HISTORY!WA’s many culturally and linguistically diverse communities have contributed significantly to Perth’s development and have helped make it the vibrant city it is today.

Many locations around Perth have historical or current significance to WA’s CaLD communities. OMI has prepared three trails—round North-bridge, East Perth and Kings Park to the CBD— to help you discover our abundant and diverse heritage.

If you would like to promote your Harmony Week event to all Western Australians through OMI’s

Community Events Calendar, please access

the event registration link on the OMI

website or email the details and any flyers

or photographs to harmony@omi.wa.gov.au.

Please let us know about your event by

Tuesday 3 March 2020.

We need to know the date, times and

location of the event, as well as who the

organiser is, and some contact details or a

website address so that people can find out

more. If there is a charge for entry, or if

people have to book in advance, please

include that as well.

OMI promotes events that are open to the

general public and held by not-for-profit

organisations, local governments and

schools. OMI reserves the right to edit or

reject any submission.

OMI also has two posters you can download

to help you promote Harmony Week.

PROMOTIONAL RESOURCES

TELL US ABOUT YOUR EVENT

#WAHarmony

Don’t forget to send OMI a photo and a few words about what you did to celebrate Harmony Week, then check our news page and photo gallery to see it online. Or upload to social media with the hashtag #WA Harmony.

Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI)

OMI has online resources for Harmony Week, including a downloadable poster, events calendar and a comprehensive range of information relating to cultural diversity in WA.

A World of Difference — A resource for WA schools

Developed by the Department of Education and Training and OMI, this resource introduces students to the principles of multiculturalism in WA. It identifies the key issues and teaches awareness of the importance of cultural and other forms of diversity.

Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)—rightsEd

AHRC’s human rights education resources for teachers—rightsED—helps students develop a critical understanding of human rights and responsibilities, as well as developing the attitudes, behaviours and skills to apply them in everyday life. Most resources and activities are for secondary students (14 years plus) although some are suitable for younger students (10 years plus).

Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC)

The EOC’s Human Rights Community Education Program aims to build awareness and understanding about human rights, and skills in exercising those rights in WA across a diverse range of communities. EOC can hold community information sessions, forums and workshops on request.

Perceptions of race and crime

Lessons from the Canada-based Media Awareness Network increase student awareness of how media portrayal of race and crime can affect our attitudes towards minority groups in our society. Suitable for upper primary and secondary school students.

Racism No Way

The Racism, No way project helps school students to recognise and address racism. The teaching and learning activities target students in Years 4–12. Racism, No way! is managed by the NSW Department of Education and Training.

For teachers for students (FTfs)

FTfs offers resources for use by classroom teachers that can be easily adapted to individual student learning requirements. Themed curriculum support resources on Harmony Day (for lower primary and primary/middle years) are available on FTfs. You will find student facts, lesson and activity ideas, student activity sheets and extra resources.

RESOURCES

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gu

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to te

ach

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r

lan

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tin

g s

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m

aro

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d t

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ts

Cre

ate

an o

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rvey

on

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pic

lin

ked

to H

arm

on

y W

eek.

Yo

ur

surv

ey c

ou

ld p

ose

qu

estio

ns

abo

ut

you

r cl

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ates

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ltura

l

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kgro

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ds,

lan

gu

ages

th

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pea

k, o

r h

ow

they

wo

uld

like

to c

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rate

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mo

ny

Wee

k.

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ce y

ou

co

llect

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ata,

pre

sen

t yo

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find

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gra

ph

s, p

erce

nta

ges

or

ratio

s.

Ab

ou

t a

third

of p

eop

le w

ho

live

in W

A w

ere

bo

rn o

vers

eas.

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ou

r cl

ass

mo

re o

r le

ss

mu

lticu

ltura

l th

an t

he

rest

of W

A?

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can

als

o fi

nd

ou

t h

ow fa

r aw

ay d

iffer

ent

peo

ple

’s b

irth

pla

ces

wer

e fr

om

wh

ere

you

live

tod

ay. W

ho

was

bo

rn fa

rth

est?

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re t

her

e an

y jo

b o

pp

ort

un

ities

th

at o

pen

up

bec

ause

of o

ur

cultu

ral d

iver

sity

?

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oes

cu

ltura

l div

ersi

ty a

ffect

ho

w w

eso

cial

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rela

x an

d s

pen

d o

ur

leis

ure

tim

e?

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hat

go

vern

men

t se

rvic

es m

igh

t b

ep

rovi

ded

in r

esp

on

se to

cu

ltura

l div

ersi

ty?

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ow

mig

ht

imp

ort

s an

d e

xpo

rts

be

affec

ted

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Au

stra

lia b

ein

g m

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cultu

ral?

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re t

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ess

op

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ay n

eed

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han

ge

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enth

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om d

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niv

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gu

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ard

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lture

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ay t

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nu

mb

ers

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yo

u s

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ple

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eek,

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w fa

cts a

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pics

you

coul

d in

vest

igat

e:

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f a b

oo

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ang

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ron

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You

ng

lear

ner

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idd

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ate

child

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lear

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en/s

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nd

ary

sch

oo

l lea

rner

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e a

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in b

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ance

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usi

c fr

om

aro

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d t

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. Bri

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e m

usi

c re

cord

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s th

at a

re s

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ial t

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mily

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f yo

u c

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aditi

on

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ance

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ps

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ltern

ativ

ely,

wat

ch a

vid

eo o

f tra

dit

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ces

and

th

en w

ork

yo

ur

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th

rou

gh

so

me

fun

dan

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y co

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om

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e

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som

e tu

toria

ls a

nd id

eas

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rig

ami (

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n)

•P

apel

pic

ado

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ico

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ycin

anki

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lan

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aper

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ietn

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ent

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yo

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an t

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f with

yo

ur

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s

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en d

esig

n a

log

o fo

r H

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y W

eek.

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eren

t way

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lore

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e d

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ent

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eop

le li

ve, f

arm

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d g

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nd

th

e w

orl

d, c

om

par

ing

th

e ty

pes

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lan

ts t

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he

anim

als

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r h

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Nobel people, noble causes The Nobel Peace Prize is an international award given to people who have worked hard to encourage peace between countries or different groups of people around the world.

Match the Nobel Peace Prize winners to the cause they fought for.

1. Malala Yousafza A. Campaigns for civil (political) rights.

2. Koffi Anan B. Efforts to create peace in the Middle east.

3. Kim Dae-jungC. Work for towards reconciliation with North Korea

and democracy throughout South-East Asia.

4. Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres

D. Efforts to educate the world about climate change.

5. Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk

E. Supporting the right of all children to get an education.

6. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

F. Work towards the ending of apartheid (racial segregation) in South Africa.

7. Mother TeresaG. Work for a better organised and more

peaceful world.

8. Martin Luther King H. Struggle for women’s rights and safety.

9. Al Gore I. Campaigns against poverty.

10. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman

J. Non-violent struggle to liberate Tibet from foreign rule.

If there was a ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ at your school, awarded to the person who tries hard to encourage people to get along and to resolve conflict in a peaceful way, who would you nominate and why?

Name:Nominated for:

Answers: 1E, 2G, 3C, 4B, 5F, 6J, 7I, 8A, 9D, 10H

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Countries mix and matchThe following countries are the top 10 places of birth for Australia’s migrants. Can you match the country to its outline? (Note: the outlines are not shown to scale).

1. Ireland

2. China

3. Philipines

4. Scotland

5. Italy

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B.

C.

D.

E.

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6. Malyasia

7. England

8. New Zealand

9. South Africa

10. India

Answers: 1C, 2D, 3F, 4B, 5I, 6E, 7A, 8J, 9H, 10G

F.

G.

H.

I.

J.

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Nationalities word findFind the name of the country that people of the different nationalities below come from. The answers are in the Wordfind.

1. A Dutch person comes from

2. A Somali person comes from

3. A Swiss person comes from

4. A Danish person comes from

5. A Filipino person comes from

6. A Thai person comes from

7. A Ugandan person comes from

8. A Chilean person comes from

9. An Uzbek person comes from

10. A Welsh person comes from

Answers: 1. Netherlands, 2. Somalia, 3. Switzerland, 4. Denmark, 5. Philippines, 6. Thailand, 7. Uganda, 8. Chile, 9. Uzbekistan, 10. Wales

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Harmonious anagramsAll the words below have a similar meaning to the word ‘HARMONY’. Can you unscramble them?

DPRINSHIEF

EPCEA

NUIYT

NBLAACE

NCONSSESU

NCOPOETRAIO

SYMYTMER

EUTN

MYLOED

RAGETEMNE

Answers: friendship, peace, unity, balance, consensus, cooperation, symmetry, tune, melody, agreement 19

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Unscramble an opinionAngelina Jolie is an actor, film maker, humanitarian and part of a multicultural family. Solve the cryptogram to uncover her thoughts about diversity.

Imagine someone quoted your thoughts about how people from different cultures should get on. What quote would you like the world to remember?

Answers: Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same. 20

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Multicultural quiz—version A (multiple choice)Put your thinking hat on and have a go at this multicultural trivia quiz.

AfricaHistory

What is the name of the ancient Egyptian sun god?

A. RaB. LakshmiC. Hercules

GeographyWhich body of water does the Nile flow into?

A. Atlantic OceanB. Red SeaC. Mediterranean Sea

Science What is a Panthera leo better known as?A. TigerB. MeerkatC. Lion

Culture What is ‘millet’? A. A type of grainB. A type of fruitC. A type of vegetable

Entertainment“Waka Waka” (It’s time for Africa) was a theme song from which international sporting event?

A. ICC World Twenty20 B. FIFA World CupC. Commonwealth Games

Sport/leisure

What sport did all of the following people compete in?

Wayde van Niekerk Caster Semenya David Rudisha

A. SwimmingB. AthleticsC. Soccer

AsiaHistory What empire was led by Genghis Khan?

A. Roman EmpireB. Persian EmpireC. Mongol Empire

GeographyIn which country will you find the tallest mountain in the world?

A. NepalB. JapanC. Indonesia

ScienceWhat country is responsible for the invention of gunpowder?

A. RussiaB. IndiaC. China

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CultureIn which Asian city are Bollywood movies produced?

A. MumbaiB. TokyoC. Singapore

EntertainmentWhat is the name for animated entertainment in Japan?

A. AnimeB. AmimeC. Artent

Sport/leisure What is batik?A. A way of dyeing clothB. A type of musicC. A type of theatre

Oceania

HistoryWho or what are Yamaji, Eora and Pitjantjatjara?

A. Tongan kingsB. Aboriginal language groupsC. Maori mythical creatures

GeographyIn which ocean would you find the Polynesian islands?

A. PacificB. AtlanticC. Indian

ScienceWhat do a thylacine, thylacoleo and a diprotodon have in common?

A. They are all Australian native plants

B. They are all central Australian rocks

C. They are all extinct Australian animals

Culture What are sulu, pareo and lava-lava?

A. They are all a type of sarong (clothing)

B. They are all a type of drinkC. They are all capital cities

EntertainmentIn which country was the movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople set?

A. SamoaB. New ZealandC. New Caledonia

Sport/leisureIn which sport do Cate and Bronte Campbell compete?

A. SwimmingB. CyclingC. Netball

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Europe History How many wives did King Henry VIII have?

A. 4B. 5C. 6

GeographyWhich country shares its borders with Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Italy and Germany?

A. PolandB. SwitzerlandC. Bulgaria

ScienceWhat animal is responsible for the spread of the Black Death?

A. FleaB. RatC. Mosquito

CultureWhat nationality were artists Vincent Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Vermeer?

A. DutchB. EnglishC. Italian

EntertainmentWhich country hosted the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest?

A. PortugalB. SpainC. Israel

Sport/leisureIn which country did the first modern Olympics take place?

A. ItalyB. GreeceC. Turkey

North America History Who was the first president of the USA?

A. George BushB. George ClintonC. George Washington

Geography What is the capital city of Mexico?A. CancunB. Mexico CityC. Ottawa

Science What type of an animal is an ocelot?A. A wild catB. A wild dogC. A bird

Culture What is the main ingredient in guacamole?A. AvocadoB. ChickpeasC. Yoghurt

EntertainmentWhat classic children’s story is set on Prince Edward Island?

A. Adventures of TomSawyer

B. Treasure IslandC. Anne of Green Gables

Sport/leisureWhat is the largest US annual football tournament called?

A. World SeriesB. Super BowlC. Football Grand Finale

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South America

HistoryWhich ancient civilisation built the city of Machu Pichu?

A. IncaB. MayanC. Aztec

GeographyWhat is the name of the longest mountain range in the world?

A. Rocky MountainsB. HimalayasC. The Andes

ScienceAnimals on which group of islands led Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution?

A. Easter IslandsB. Falkland IslandsC. Galapagos Islands

Culture What are castanets?A. ShoesB. Musical instrumentsC. Nuts

Entertainment What are rumba, samba and paso doble?A. A style of filmB. Types of danceC. Musical instruments

Sport/leisure In which country was Pele born?A. ArgentinaB. BrazilC. Venezuela

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Multicultural quiz—version B (open answer)Put your thinking hat on and have a go at this multicultural trivia quiz.

AfricaHistory

What is the name of the ancient Egyptian sun god?

Geography Which body of water does the Nile flow into?

Science What is a Panthera leo better known as?

Culture What is ‘millet’?

Entertainment“Waka Waka” (It’s time for Africa) was a theme song from which international sporting event?

Sport/leisure

What sport did all of the following people compete in?

Wayde van Niekerk Caster Semenya David Rudisha

AsiaHistory What empire was led by Genghis Khan?

GeographyIn which country will you find the tallest mountain in the world?

ScienceWhat country is responsible for the invention of gunpowder?

CultureIn which Asian city are Bollywood movies produced?

EntertainmentWhat is the name for animated entertainment in Japan?

Sport/leisure What is batik?

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OceaniaHistory Who or what are Yamaji, Eora and Pitjantjatjara?

GeographyIn which ocean would you find the Polynesian islands?

ScienceWhat do a thylacine, thylacoleo and a diprotodon have in common?

Culture What are sulu, pareo and lava-lava?

EntertainmentIn which country was the movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople set?

Sport/leisureIn which sport do Cate and Bronte Campbell compete?

Europe History How many wives did King Henry VIII have?

GeographyWhich country shares its borders with Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Italy and Germany?

ScienceWhat animal is responsible for the spread of the Black Death?

CultureWhat nationality were artists Vincent Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Vermeer?

EntertainmentWhich country hosted the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest?

Sport/leisureIn which country did the first modern Olympics take place?

North America History Who was the first president of the USA?

Geography What is the capital city of Mexico?

Science What type of an animal is an ocelot?

Culture What is the main ingredient in guacamole?

EntertainmentWhat classic children’s story is set on Prince Edward Island?

Sport/leisureWhat is the largest US annual football tournament called?

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South AmericaHistory

Which ancient civilisation built the city of Machu Pichu?

GeographyWhat is the name of the longest mountain range in the world?

ScienceAnimals on which group of islands led Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution?

Culture What are castanets?

Entertainment What are rumba, samba and paso doble?

Sport/leisure In which country was Pele born?

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Answers (for Quiz A and B)Africa

HistoryWhat is the name of the ancient Egyptian sun god?

Ra

Geography Which body of water does the Nile flow into? The Mediterranean Sea

Science What is a Panthera leo better known as? Lion

Culture What is ‘millet’? Type of grass/cereal

Entertainment“Waka Waka” (It’s time for Africa) was a theme song from which international sporting event?

FIFA World Cup

Sport/leisure

What sport did all of the following people compete in?

Wayde van Niekerk

Caster Semenya

David Rudisha

Athletics

AsiaHistory What empire was led by Genghis Khan? Mongol Empire

GeographyIn which country will you find the tallest mountain in the world?

Nepal

ScienceWhat country is responsible for the invention of gun powder?

China

Culture In which Asian city are Bollywood movies produced? Mumbai

Entertainment What is the name for animated entertainment in Japan? Anime

Sport/leisure What is batik? A South-East Asian way of dyeing cloth

OceaniaHistory Who or what are Yamaji, Eora and Pitjantjatjara? Aboriginal language groups

Geography In which ocean would you find the Polynesian islands? Pacific Ocean

ScienceWhat does a thylacine, thylacoleo and a diprotodon have in common?

They are all extinct Australian animals

Culture What are sulu, pareo and lava-lava? Types of sarong (from Fiji, Tahiti and Samoa respectively)

EntertainmentIn which country was the movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople set?

New Zealand

Sport/leisure In which sport do Cate and Bronte Campbell compete? Swimming

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EuropeHistory How many wives did King Henry VIII have? 6

GeographyWhich country shares its borders with Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Italy and Germany?

Switzerland

ScienceWhat animal is responsible for the spread of the Black Death?

The flea

CultureWhat nationality were artists Vincent Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Vermeer?

Dutch

Entertainment Which country hosted the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest? Israel

Sport/leisure In which country did the first modern Olympics take place? Greece

North AmericaHistory Who was the first president of the USA? George Washington

Geography What is the capital city of Mexico? Mexico City

Science What type of an animal is an ocelot? Wild cat

Culture What is the main ingredient in guacamole? Avocado

Entertainment What classic children’s story is set on Prince Edward Island? Anne of Green Gables

Sport/leisure What is the largest US annual football tournament called? Super Bowl

South AmericaHistory Which ancient civilisation built the city of Machu Pichu? Incas

GeographyWhat is the name of the longest mountain range in the world?

Andes

ScienceAnimals on which group of islands led Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution?

Galapagos Islands

Culture What are castanets? A type of musical instrument

Entertainment What are rumba, samba and paso doble? Types of dance

Sport/Leisure In which country was Pele born? Brazil

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For more information about Harmony Week contact:

Office of Multicultural Interests Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Phone: (08) 6551 8700

E: harmony@omi.wa.gov.au

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Harmony Week 15 – 21 March 2020

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The Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI) acknowledges the Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia as the traditional custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal people.