Nine different conversation cards about various sides of American society and history Try to use the keywords on each card when discussing the different topics NATURE • • • • • Rabbit-proof fence Billabong Ayers Rock Great Barrier Reef Forest fire POLITICS • • • • • Head of State Presidents Common Law ANZUS The Commonwealth MUSIC STARS • • • • • Kylie Minogue Tommy Emmanuel Olivia Newton-John AC/DC The Avalanches HISTORY • • • • • British convicts Indigenous people Stolen generation World War I & II James Cook AUSSIE WORDS • • • • • Corroboree Pommie Rafferty’s rules Tall poppies Yobbo SPORTS • • • • • Australian Open Cricket Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000 Horse racing Cathy Freeman CULTURE • • • • • Sydney Opera House Dame Edna Errol Flynn Heath Ledger Crocodile Dundee CONCERNING WILDLIFE • • • • • Rabbits Platypus’ Marsupials Emus Steve Irwin ABORIGINAL CULTURE • • • • • Didgeridoo Boomerang Uluru Corroboree Walkabout