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Activity resources - all ages

General activity and event ideas

  • Talk It Up: Celebrate the theme of "Many Stories – One Australia" and meet someone new from your class, school or community and learn about their culture.  Do an oral history project by interviewing someone from a different country and share it with others.  You could write, record or even film the interview.
  • Sport, Dancing and Eating: Play world sports together and involve everyone, learn new dances from countries across the world, or enjoy foods of different cultures.
  • Arts and Crafts: Use your creative abilities to make something that symbolises the different cultures of your local community. You could even hold a poster or art competition.
  • Music and Sounds: Apply your musical talents to reflect your experience of different cultures or traditions — rhyme, rap, or rock to a story about culture and experience.  You could even hold a concert for everyone to enjoy.
  • Listen and Learn: Invite an immigrant to Canada to come and share their story and culture with your class.  You could even research more information about their story or write about your own.​
  • Learn from Others: Create a ​Human Library at your school.  Invite members of your community to act as a "living book" and share their knowledge, experience, and wisdom with students.  A variety of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds provides a rich experience.
  • Fill Your Bucket Day:  Read "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" to your class and have students give compliments (on a bulletin board, on paper on desks, online, etc.), acts of kindness, encouragement, recognition, etc.
  • Love Language: Have a week-long contest where students guess at which language the word 'love' is being spoken in.  Award prizes at the assembly.
  • Acts of Kindness: 25 Random Acts of Kindness Campaign.

Lesson resources

  • Harmony Day Australia: Resources and ideas.   ​http://www.harmony.gov.au/http://www.harmony.gov.au/
  • Teaching Tolerance Organization - Classroom Resources​​
  • ​​Culture Game.pdf
  • BullyHandout.pdf
  • HARMONY DAY WORD SEARCH.pdf
  • Respect - Think About It.pdf
  • Respect Theme Ideas.pdf
  • Racism Free Community Declaration.pdf
  • Racism Free Declaration Discussion Starters.pdf
  • Racism Free Declaration Feedback Form.pdf
  • INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES.pdf

​Create something

  • Harmony Day Bookmarks​: Students can design a bookmark with art, words, or poetry to show their understanding of what Harmony Day really means.​ 
    • BOOKMARKS 2015.pdf​​
  • Photography and Writing Contest:Students snap photos that ​explore the cultural traditions of family, school, or community. A short 200-word caption must be included with the photo.
    • Passages Canada
  • Passport Folio: Students prepare an electronic portfolio (based on the structure of a passport) showcasing each student’s personal cultural heritage and family history​​.  Templates and exemplars coming soon.​​​
    • PassPortFolio Overview.pdf
  • ​Anti-Bullying Hands Display.pdf

Organizations and programs

  • MONTH OF LOVE: Changing lives one month at a time - our own Rhonda Draper from SD23 leads this initiative with students throughout the district.
    • http://monthoflove.ca/
  • Canadian Centre for Diversity
  • Global Citizen Kelowna​
  • Harmony Day Australia: Resources and ideas.
    • ​http://www.harmony.gov.au/http://www.harmony.gov.au/
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  • Home
  • About Harmony Day
    • Mission
    • News and Media
  • Resources
    • Harmony Day Activities
    • Books
    • Videos
    • Indigenous Education
    • T-Shirts and Bookmarks
  • Living Library
    • Living Library 2022
    • Living Library Bios 2022
    • Past Living Library Events
  • Events
    • School Events
    • Community Events
  • Contact Us
    • Harmony Day Committee
    • Community Contacts