Contents

22 Add water and stir: A resource bank of CGEA material for LLNP
Ask learners to arrange to visit the organisation and meet a member
of the organisation to find out more about its activities. Arrange to
meet with an individual, explaining who they are and the purpose
of the visit. Teacher to support learners in this activity as required in
accordance with protocols. See: www.abc.net.au/indigenous/education/
cultural_protocol.htm to find out cultural protocols in regards to
Indigenous Australians, if appropriate to context.
• Prepare learners for their visit to the organisation/member of
organisation. Brainstorm list of questions that they might ask.
This will vary according to the nature of the organisation, but may
include:
––‘What is the name of the organisation/group?’
––‘Who is it for?’
––‘What does it do in the community?’
––‘When did it start?’
––‘How many people are involved?’
––‘What are its aims/goals?’
––‘What are some of the things it has done so far?’
––‘How can other people get involved in it?’
––‘Who is a good person to contact about the group, and how
can they be contacted?’
––‘How did (the person being interviewed) get involved?’
––‘What is the best thing about being part of the group?’
––‘What is the hardest thing?’
––‘How often does the group meet?’
––‘How can you become a volunteer or member of this group?’
––‘Does the group holds any special events/fundraisers?’
‘When are these held?’
• Talk about how the information is to be gathered and recorded.
Learners will need to ask permission to record the interview prior
to attending their meeting. Later, listen to the tape and write
down information against questions in the list. If taping is not
appropriate, each group of learners will need to work out how best
to gather the information. Possibilities include:1–2 people in the
group take responsibility for writing down information during
the interview/asking the person being interviewed to jot down
some notes on a question sheet given earlier/requesting a support
“scribe” to accompany the group to the interview, then reading
the notes and sorting them into answers to the questions asked.