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Background to People, Get Ready
The Australian Government, through the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, provided funding from 2006-2010 to the Attorney General's Department to undertake a number of initiatives based on the principles of preparedness, comprehensive prevention and effective response and recovery to emergencies.
National consultations
National consultations have been held with representatives from multicultural community organisations, teachers and staff from state and territory education departments. Participants at the consultations were concerned about the low levels of awareness of emergency management amongst families and communities from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Young people as important communicators
Given children’s information brokering role and also the importance of the community as cultural facilitators, it was determined that the resource be developed in a culturally inclusive manner for teachers of young people in Years 8 to 10. In this way, the resource could be used to help build the capacity of culturally diverse communities to mitigate and respond to emergencies.
The People, Get Ready Resource
A specific section for teachers has been developed, providing access to:
- a comprehensive Teacher Guide that addresses the teaching and learning considerations when teaching students with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- lessons
- an overview of Curriculum Links to all frameworks in Australian states and territories.
This resource also has useful web links and a glossary of terms.