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Teacher Plan for 'Tolerance: Valuing Difference – Towards Reconciliation'
The daily two-hour literacy block was used:
- to teach the necessary genres – letter writing, biography, envelopes, poster and persuasive speech;
- for students' spelling journals, to teach specific words;
- for reading comprehension activities (taken from the Australian Readers);
- to study the Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono.
Note: Source details of resources listed are provided at the end of the Teacher Plan.
Week | Activity | Resources | Assessment |
Week 1 |
| Video: Pocahontas1 | Observations |
| Video: Under the Skin2 | KLW in reflective journal | |
| Macmillan Australia's Aboriginal People Encyclopaedia; Discovery Democracy Units Key Terms3 | Spelling journal | |
| Pilawuk4 | Reflective journal | |
| 'Belonging' unit from SOSE modules | Discuss feelings; reflective journal | |
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| United Nations Family Logo5 | View logos | |
| Two Hands Together6 | Literature review | |
| Share information and record on class chart | ||
| Newspaper articles | ||
Week 2 |
| Reflective journal | |
| The Rabbits7 | Attitudes displayed in their comments on the literature review | |
| My Girragundji8 | Attitudes displayed in their comments on the literature review | |
| Chart: demonstrating their understanding of each graph type and correct interpretation of the statistics | ||
| 'Reaching Back' newspaper clippings on Yarrabah, Indigenous Library Services, State Library of Queensland http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/ils/clippings.htm (link no longer available)9 | ||
| www.hreoc.gov.au/racial_discrimination /face_facts/index.html10 | ||
| Aboriginal People Encyclopaedia and Teachers' Guide; also online sites11 | Students' interpretation of the facts as written down | |
Week 3 |
| Anti-racism course booklet, Rebutting the Myths | Reflective journal |
| Speech available online at http://www.apology.west.net.au /redfern.html (link no longer available)12 | Observation of discussion | |
| OHT: 'Marriage Proposal' and 'Rules for Female Teachers' 'Belonging' unit, SOSE modules. | Observations of drawings and descriptions | |
| OHT of an exemption certificate | ||
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| OHT: Yarrabah map | ||
| Reflective journal: What I know … What I need to find out … | ||
| OHT: map of Torres Strait | ||
| Aboriginal People Encyclopaedia | ||
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| Pictures of flags | Reflective journal | |
| Video: Under the Skin; Aboriginal Studies13 | Reflective journal | |
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Week 4 |
| Discovering Democracy Primary Video14 | |
| Aboriginal People Encyclopaedia | ||
Week 5 |
| Stories of Democracy CD-ROM15 | |
| Aboriginal People Encyclopaedia | Anecdotal: questions | |
| Set of five posters from Queensland Health depicting Indigenous history and the Acts | Reflective journal | |
| Model lesson, using teacher notes | Structure of speech; knowledge of Indigenous history; positive attitudes | |
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| Cassette player; literature about Aboriginal English Class excursion notes and organisation | ||
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Week 6 |
| Study Guide: Rabbit-Proof Fence16 | Film review assessment task |
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| Copies of Indigenous posters | Criteria sheet and assessment task; message depicted in their poster | |
| Video: Return of the Titans | Reflective journal | |
| Michael Quinn | Reflective journal | |
Week 7 |
| The Binna-Binna Man17 | |
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| Writing and phoning individuals and organisations for help with protocol | ||
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| Aboriginal People Encyclopaedia | ||
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| Growing Up at Uluru18 | ||
| 'Central Desert Art' kit; Desert Dreamings19 | Reflective journal | |
| Aboriginal People Encyclopaedia | ||
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Week 8 |
| OHT: Cairns Post front page | Observation of comments |
| Aboriginal People Encyclopaedia | ||
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Week 9 |
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| Video: Saltwater | ||
| DD Upper Primary Units Assessment Resources20 | Understanding of the law and attitudes through their answers | |
| DD Upper Primary Units, 'The Law Rules'21 | Observation of attitudes | |
| OHT: article from Cairns Post | ||
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1Pocahontas, Film, Disney, 1995
2Under the Skin: Combating Racism in Queensland Schools
Professional development package
The State of Queensland (Department of Education) 1999
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/strategies/programs/qld/index-Training.html#Heading50 (link no longer available)
3Discovering Democracy Units, Key Terms: http://www.curriculum.edu.au/ddunits/key
/key.htm
4Pilawuk – When I Was Young, Janeen Brian, Era Publications, 1995
5International Year of the Family Logo http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/family/IYF-logo.html (link no longer available)
6Two Hands Together, Diana Kidd, Puffin, 2000
7The Rabbits, John Marsden and Shaun Tan, Lothian Books, 2000
8My Girragundji, Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor, Allen and Unwin, 1998
9'Reaching Back' newspaper clippings on Yarrabah, Indigenous Library Services, State Library of Queensland
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/ils/clippings.htm (link no longer available)
10Face the Facts, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC),
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/racial_discrimination
/face_facts/index.html
11http://www.eps.vic.edu.au/history/Famous Aborigines.htm
http://www.yothuyindi.com/
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/abled/aspres/famous.htm
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/aborigines/biography.htm (link no longer available)
12Paul Keating's Redfern Statement at http://www.caa.org.au/publications/reports
/MABO/shadows.html (link no longer available)
13Aboriginal Studies – Developing an Awareness of Aboriginal People and their Culture, J Harrold and J Whitby, RIC Publications, WA, 1996
14Discovering Democracy Primary Video, Discovering Democracy Primary Kit, Curriculum Corporation, 1998
15Stories of Democracy CD-ROM, Discovering Democracy Primary Kit, Curriculum Corporation, 1998
16Rabbit-Proof Fence Study Guide available from http://www.theeducationshop.com.au/shop/product.asp?pID=838
17The Binna Binna Man, Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor, Allen and Unwin, 1999
18Growing Up at Uluru, Steve Parish Publishing, 2001
19Desert Dreamings, Deirdre Stokes, Rigby, 1993
20Myall Creek Trials: pp 21–30, Discovering Democracy Upper Primary Units Assessment Resources, Curriculum Corporation, 2000
21The Law Rules: pp 42, 50–52, Discovering Democracy Upper Primary Units, Curriculum Corporation, 1998