Rebels and Trailblazers

In this unit, students investigate the historical injustices faced by First Nations peoples in Australia, including the impacts of systemic racism and the significance of individuals who challenge unjust systems. They will research and create profiles on rebels and trailblazers, like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and explore parallels with global movements for rights and freedom. They create visual timelines to illustrate historical events and present their findings.

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Cross Curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Country/Place

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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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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 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

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History

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The causes of First Nations Australians' campaigns for rights and freedoms before 1965, such as discriminatory legislation and policies, the 1938 Day of Mourning and the Stolen Generations
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The contributions of significant individuals and groups in the campaign for the recognition of the rights of First Nations Australians and the extent to which they brought change to Australian society
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The significant events and methods in the movement for the civil rights of First Nations Australians and the extent to which they contributed to change
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The significant events, individuals and groups in the women’s movement in Australia, and how they have changed the role and status of women
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The continuing efforts to create change in the civil rights and freedoms in Australia, for First Nations Australians, migrants and women
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Changing social, political, economic, cultural, environmental and technological conditions, and the causes of a major global influence in Australia
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continuities and changes in perspectives, responses, beliefs and values that have influenced the Australian way of life
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Develop and modify a range of historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry
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Locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in a historical inquiry
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Explain the usefulness of primary and secondary sources, and the reliability of the information as evidence
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Compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values
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Analyse different and contested historical interpretations
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Create descriptions, explanations and historical arguments, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge evidence from sources

English

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Analyse representations of individuals, groups and places and evaluate how they reflect their context in literary texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
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Evaluate the social, moral or ethical positions represented in literature
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Analyse and evaluate how people, places, events and concepts are represented in texts and reflect contexts
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Listen to spoken texts and explain the purposes and effects of text structures and language features, and use interaction skills to discuss and present an opinion about these texts
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Integrate comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring, questioning and inferring to analyse and interpret complex and abstract ideas
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Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising, expanding and developing ideas through experimenting with text structures, language features, literary devices and multimodal features for specific purposes and audiences in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive, analytical and/or critical