NAIDOC - STRENGTH: What does it mean to be strong?

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English | Health and Physical Education | Civics and Citizenship

In this unit

Students explore the idea of strength and how it can take different forms depending on people’s circumstances. They engage in hands-on activities to reflect on fairness, consider the impact of privilege, and think about how their own strength can support others

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Learning Areas

Year 7 Civics and Citizenship

AC9HC7K04
How Australia’s secular democracy and pluralist, multi-faith society draws upon diverse cultural origins, including Christian and Western heritage, distinct First Nations Australian histories and cultures, and migrant communities
AC9HC7K05
How values based on freedom, respect, fairness and equality of opportunity can support social cohesion and democracy within Australian society
AC9HC7S05
Create descriptions, explanations and arguments using civics and citizenship knowledge, concepts and terms that reference evidence

Year 5 & 6 Health and Physical Education

Year 7 English

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Understand how language expresses and creates personal and social identities
AC9E7LY02
Use interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including evaluations of the features of spoken texts
AC9E7LY05
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring, questioning and inferring to analyse and summarise information and ideas
AC9E7LY06
Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, selecting subject matter, and using text structures, language features, literary devices and visual features as appropriate to convey information, ideas and opinions in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive and/or analytical

General Capabilities

Critical and Creative Thinking

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Country/Place

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First Nations communities of Australia maintain a deep connection to, and responsibility for, Country/Place and have holistic values and belief systems that are connected to the land, sea, sky and waterways.
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The occupation and colonisation of Australia by the British, under the now overturned doctrine of terra nullius, were experienced by First Nations Australians as an invasion that denied their occupation of, and connection to, Country/Place.
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The First Peoples of Australia are the Traditional Owners of Country/Place, protected in Australian Law by the Native Title Act 1993 which recognises pre-existing sovereignty, continuing systems of law and customs, and connection to Country/Place. This recognised legal right provides for economic sustainability and a voice into the development and management of Country/Place.

People

NAIDOC – VISION: Future Makers

Year levels: 5-10 3 lessons

Students explore the concept of ‘vision’ by learning from the past and imagining the future. They investigate key moments of First Nations activism using the Storying Our Shared Histories timeline. Drawing on their knowledge of current issues, students create a future timeline of imagined events and develop a character profile for a fictional changemaker.

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NAIDOC – VISION: Lead the Change

Year levels: 5-10 2 lessons

Students learn about past and present changemakers, including the legacy of William Cooper and the origins of NAIDOC Week. They think critically and creatively about the kind of future they want to help shape for next generations through yarning, campaign planning and visual arts.

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NAIDOC – LEGACY: The Power of Protest

Year levels: 9-10 3 lessons

Students are introduced to the role of protest in shaping society and explore how protest has been used to challenge injustice and spark change across Australia and globally. Students research protest as both political and creative expression, and are supported to develop their own artistic responses to issues they care about today.

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NAIDOC – LEGACY: A Seat at the Table

Year levels: 9-10 2 lessons

Students explore the origins of NAIDOC Week, from the 1938 Day of Mourning to the legacy of changemakers like William Cooper. Through inquiry and creative expression, they reflect on justice, recognition, and what it means to have a seat at the table.

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NAIDOC – STRENGTH: Our Shared Histories

Year levels: 7 1 lessons

Students explore key moments in history through the lens of ‘strength'. Using the ‘Storying our Shared Histories’ timeline, they examine how strength has taken different forms over time. Students research and create a visual or digital snapshot, reflecting on how this history shapes our future.

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