Traditional tales and epics

Collect oral versions of folk-tales from Australians of Chinese origin.

Rewrite a folk-tale from China replacing Chinese locations and animals with Australian locations and animals.

Compare a creation story from China with an Australian Aboriginal creation story.

Prose fiction

Participate in a writing workshop with an Australian author who has set a novel or short story in China.

Discuss the lessons learned by fictional Australian characters from fictional Chinese characters.

Compare childhood memories of Australia with the experiences of a fictional character in China.

Relationships

Dramatise a situation in which Australians travelling in China want to buy a train ticket but have no language in common with railway staff.

Write a poem with the theme of relationships between Chinese-Australian and other groups in the Australian community.

Read and discuss the memoirs of a Chinese-Australian growing up in an Australian city.

Journeys

Draw a personal map of a lifetime of interactions with people, places or events connected with China.

Identify and write about possible benefits of participating in a student exchange to China.

Using a short story as a model, write a dialogue between a Chinese exchange student in Australia and people in a host family.

Images of Asia

Identify the subjects of current news about China which is reported in Australia.

Use the Internet to compare interpretations of texts with those of peers at a school in China.

Prepare a class talk detailing common misconceptions in Australia about China.