Dialogues for reconciliation — geography

A student Learns to Learns about Reflects on Overview, resources, assessment
Skills Use complex terms and concepts as they apply to historical issues and forces

Use knowledge of word origins to define specialised and abstract historical terms

Describe how language and graphic features influence how a source is interpreted

Identify and contrast different accounts of the same event or issue and give possible explanations

 

Reconciliation and self-determination

Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

 

Citizen rights

 

Issues of Aboriginal heritage

Aspects of active and informed citizenship

 

Aspects of a just society

 

Intercultural understanding

Overview

Students learn about some of the discussions and viewpoints of Aboriginal people with links to Tranby College and Mutawintji National Park.
Activities encourage students to identify key reconciliation issues for Aboriginal people and the ways individuals and groups have responded to these issues.

Resources
Worksheets:
based on activities
Other printable resources:
glossary of terms and concepts
chronologies
Link to existing resources:
Tranby programs
SHI

Assessment Activities
summative

Targeted

5.15 Explains different perspectives and historical interpretations about

individuals, groups, events and issues

Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted

5.10 Accounts for how and why the nature of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal relations has changed

Values and Attitudes
Targeted

Develops skills to participate in society in an informed way as individuals or members of a group

 

Saving our heritage — geography

 
A student Learns to Learns about Reflects on Overview, resources, assessment
Skills Ask questions to explain the meaning, purpose, context of historical sources

Make deductions about the usefulness of sources for the purpose of a specific historical inquiry

Clarify the scope of a historical investigation by defining key terms and concepts

Locate information from a wide variety of written, oral, audio-visual and multimedia resources

Use strategies to organise information from a range of different sources for different purposes

Heritage issues (including community values, public policies)

 

Environmental issues

(including government policies and legislation)

 

Alliances for community action (including environmentalists and trade unionists)

Aspects of active and informed citizenship

Ecological sustainability

Overview
Students hear the stories of people involved in the campaigns to save Susannah Place and Kelly’s Bush. Using local histories and historical source material, students undertake an inquiry-based investigation into the events, actions and historical interpretations surrounding a heritage issue in their locality.
Research activity:
Resources
Worksheets:
based on activities
Other printable resources
glossary of terms and concepts
chronologies
Link to existing resources:
NPWS eco-ranger program
HHT Susannah Place site study
SHI
Assessment Activities

formative
summative
Targeted

5.17 Defines the purpose of a historical investigation and plans and conducts appropriate research, with some independence

Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted

5.12 Accounts for how and why the rights and freedoms of various groups in Australian society have changed

Values and Attitudes
Targeted

Develops an appreciation of environments and a sense of responsibility for their future

Images of continuing cultures — geography

A student Learns to Learns about Reflects on Overview, resources, assessment
Skills Identify and contrast different accounts of the same event or issue and give possible explanations

Locate historical information from a wide variety of written, oral, audio-visual and multimedia resources

Use strategies to organise information from a range of different sources for different purposes

Make judgements about the usefulness of materials

Select a form of communication appropriate to purpose and audience

Evaluate the effectiveness of own and others communication with greater autonomy

 Egalitarianism

 

Diversity (including images of being Australian)

 

Heritage issues (including heritage tourism)

 

Environmental issues (including eco-tourism)

Cultural continuity (including international relations)

 Aspects of active and informed citizenship

 

Intercultural understanding

 

Ecological sustainability

Overview
Students use historical evidence, including oral histories, to explore the social and cultural implications of keeping significant parts of the built and natural environments.
Heritage values are examined in relation to cultural diversity in Australia’s population, and image of the nation held regionally and globally.
Action-based research:

Resources
Worksheets:
based on activities
Other printable resources:
glossary of terms and concepts
chronologies
Link to existing resources:
Migrant Heritage Centre
SHI
Sites and Scenes

Assessment Activities
formative
summative

Targeted
5.19 Creates well-structured texts using evidence to describe, recount, explain, argue, challenge and discuss increasingly complex problems and issues
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted
5.4 Explains the impact of international events on Australia’s history and evaluates Australia’s contribution to world affairs
Values and Attitudes
Targeted
Develops respect for different viewpoints, ways of living, belief systems and languages



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