Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest

Topic: History, Studies of Society and Environment, English
Type: Curriculum materials
Years: 8-12

Key Curriculum Links: Time, Continuity and Change; Culture; Natural and Social Systems; Investigation, Communication and Participation.

Considers social change in Australia from 1945-2000 through an exploration of source material – objects, images and documents – presented in the Miss Australia exhibition.

The student activities included in this unit cover the following topics:

• The Miss Australia competition – An overview
• Activity 1: Interrogating a museum object
• Activities 2-8: What does a study of the Miss Australia competition tell us about social change across the decades of the 20th century?
• Activity 9: Exploring the Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest travelling exhibition
• Conclusion

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