Speaking the language

[Episode 5 | 1968 : Sofia]

Sofia and her friend Mareka are watching Professor Julius Sumner Miller's television science show, Why is it so? Janice arrives and meets Sofia's mother and grandmother. She needs Sofia to translate the conversation and Sofia deliberately tells each party the wrong translation.



History

The Australian curriculum: History

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History activities [4]

Activity 1: Multiculturalism
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Subtheme(s): Multiculturalism
Activity 2: Language barriers
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Subtheme(s): Language and scripting,Multiculturalism,Social order and education
Activity 3: Why is it so?
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Subtheme(s): Historical events,Inventions and electronic media
Activity 4: The cultural divide
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Subtheme(s): Language and scripting,Multiculturalism