The Last Daughter

Y9 & 10 English – Key messages of the film

The inspiring documentary film, The Last Daughter, follows Brenda Matthews, a proud Wiradjuri woman. As Brenda explores her sense of disconnection and uncovers the truth and trauma of her past as a stolen child, she also begins to reconcile her two families and two cultures. In this lesson, students explore the key messages of her story.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y9 History, Y10 Civics and Citizenship – Truth-telling

The histories we value help to determine how we create our future. In this lesson, students learn about the place of truth-telling in the process of reconciliation through The Last Daughter film. Students assess sources for accuracy, balance and cultural appropriateness to determine which are most likely to share truth or bias.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y11 Modern History – Stolen children

In The Last Daughter, Brenda Matthews explains that she and her siblings were taken from their parents after the NSW Assimilation Policy was abolished – stolen, while not technically part of the Stolen Generations. In this lesson, students learn more about this complex situation and explore its impacts on the identity of those affected.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y9 History, Y11 Modern History – Intergenerational Trauma

Through clips from The Last Daughter documentary, students explore how the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families causes trauma to flow through generations, with serious long-term impacts. They research a specific event from the Healing Foundation timeline and share their findings.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y9 History, Y11 Modern History – Protecting children (part 1)

In this lesson, students explore the need for reparations and concept of self-determination and why it’s important for the healing of First Nations Peoples. They examine child removal legislation. Students reflect on the story of Brenda Matthews, a proud Wiradjuri woman who was forcibly removed from her family at the age of two.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y9 History, Y11 Modern History – Protecting children (part 2)

In the previous lesson, students examined previous and current child removal legislation, and explored the concept of self-determination. Through clips from The Last Daughter, students focus their learning on how Brenda Matthews's experience sits in reference to the overarching acts that governed families during her childhood.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y9 History, Y11 Modern History – Power and control

In this lesson, students explore the concept of autonomy and consider the rights and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples during the 1970s. Students connect this learning with the story of Nan Brenda, an Aboriginal woman whose children were taken from her, through clips from The Last Daughter.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y9 & 10 Health and PE – Exploring identities

In this lesson, students unpack the five elements of identity and culture that make them who they are. They consider First Nations perspectives to uncover the importance of culture, exploring the story of Brenda Matthews in the feature-length documentary, The Last Daughter. Students get creative with an identity collage.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y9 & 10 Health and PE – What makes a family?

In this lesson, students consider the many forms that family can take and the impacts that family has on personal identity. They reflect on the extended and varied family structures of proud Wiradjuri woman, Brenda Matthews, the central figure of the feature-length documentary, The Last Daughter.

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Y9 & 10 English, Y9 & 10 History, Y10 Civics and Citizenship – The road to reconciliation

The Last Daughter film is a powerful story because it shows the ways Brenda Matthews's families unite to begin to overcome the trauma they experienced due to government policies. In this lesson, students focus on each family's path to healing and consider what it means to be an ally to First Nations people.

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F–Y2 Connection and wellbeing

The activities in this guide help students begin to understand the connection between belonging and wellbeing in First Nations cultures and in their own lives. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities.

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Y3–6 Connection and wellbeing

The activities in this guide help students begin to understand the connection between belonging and wellbeing in First Nations cultures and in their own lives. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities.

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Y7–10 Connection and wellbeing

The activities in this guide help students begin to understand the connection between belonging and wellbeing in First Nations cultures and in their own lives. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities.

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F–Y2 Kinship

The activities in this guide help students begin to understand kinship in First Nations cultures and explore their own family roles and connections. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities. 

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Y3–6 Kinship

The activities in this guide help students begin to understand kinship in First Nations cultures and explore their own family roles and connections. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities. 

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Y7–10 Kinship

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F–Y10 NAIDOC Week 2024

Use these resources to learn about the stories and recognise the achievements of some remarkable First Nations people. What better way to celebrate this year’s NAIDOC Week theme ‘Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud’? These classroom ready fact sheets and student activities, tailored for students F–2, Y3–6 and Y7–10 and aligned to v9.0 of the Australian Curriculum.

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F-Y10 Science Week 2024

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have a long and continuing history of innovation and knowledge relating to this year’s Science Week theme, ‘Species Survival – More Than Just Sustainability’. Use these Australian curriculum aligned, free resources, including ready-to-use lesson plans, activities and assessment ideas to engage your students.​

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F–Y2 Country

The activities in this guide help students begin to understand First Nations Peoples’ deep relationship with Country and explore their own connection to place. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities.

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Y3–6 Country

The activities in this guide help students begin to understand First Nations Peoples’ deep relationship with Country and explore their own connection to place. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities.

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Y7–10 Country

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F–Y2 Colonisation

This short selection of activities helps students begin to understand the colonisation process on this continent and its impacts on First Nations Peoples to this day. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities.

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Y3–6 Colonisation

This short selection of activities helps students begin to understand the colonisation process on this continent and its impacts on First Nations Peoples to this day. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities.

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Y7–10 Colonisation

This short selection of activities helps students begin to understand the colonisation process on this continent and its impacts on First Nations Peoples to this day. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex, adaptable to your students’ ages and capabilities.

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F–2 Pemulwuy

Download our ‘Pemulwuy’ story and student activities for Foundation to Year 2 to recognise the achievements of a remarkable Bidjigal resistance leader. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Pemulwuy, a determined warrior unwilling to let his Country be taken by British colonising forces.

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Y3–6 Pemulwuy

Download our ‘Pemulwuy’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 3 to 6 to recognise the achievements of this remarkable Bidjigal resistance leader. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Pemulwuy, a determined warrior unwilling to let his Country be taken by British colonising forces.

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Y7–10 Pemulwuy

Download our ‘Pemulwuy’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 7 to 10 to recognise the achievements of this remarkable Bidjigal resistance leader. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Pemulwuy, a determined warrior unwilling to let his Country be taken by British colonising forces.

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F–2 Eddie Koiki Mabo

Download our ‘Eddie Koiki Mabo’ story and student activities for Foundation to Year 2 to recognise the achievements of a remarkable Meriam change maker. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Eddie Mabo, who was unwavering in his effort to have the land rights of Meriam People acknowledged.

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Y3–6 Eddie Koiki Mabo

Download our ‘Eddie Koiki Mabo’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 3 to 6 to recognise the achievements of a remarkable Meriam change maker. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Eddie Mabo, who was unwavering in his effort to have the land rights of Meriam People acknowledged.

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Y7–10 Eddie Koiki Mabo

Download our ‘Eddie Koiki Mabo’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 7 to 10 to recognise the achievements of a remarkable Meriam change maker. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Eddie Mabo, who was unwavering in his effort to have the land rights of Meriam People acknowledged.

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F–2 Vincent Lingiari

Download our ‘Vincent Lingiari’ story and student activities for Foundation to Year 2 to recognise the achievements of a determined Gurindji activist. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Vincent’s untiring stand against injustice and his efforts to return Gurindji Country to its People.

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Y3–6 Vincent Lingiari

Download our ‘Vincent Lingiari’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 3 to 6 to recognise the achievements of a determined Gurindji activist. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Vincent’s untiring stand against injustice and his efforts to return Gurindji Country to its People.

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Y7–10 Vincent Lingiari

Download our ‘Vincent Lingiari’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 7 to 10 to recognise the achievements of this determined Gurindji activist. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Vincent’s untiring stand against injustice and his efforts to return Gurindji Country to its People.

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F–2 Kirsten Banks

Download our ‘Kirsten Banks’ story and student activities for Foundation to Year 2 to recognise the achievements of a remarkable Wiradjuri astronomer and science communicator. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Kirsten Banks – scientist of the stars.

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Y3–6 Kirsten Banks

Download our ‘Kirsten Banks’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 3 to 6 to recognise the achievements of a dedicated Wiradjuri astronomer and science communicator. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Kirsten Banks – scientist of the stars.

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Y7–10 Kirsten Banks

Download our ‘Kirsten Banks’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 7 to 10 to recognise the achievements of a dedicated Wiradjuri astronomer and science communicator. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Kirsten Banks – scientist of the stars.

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F–Y2 Gladys Elphick

Download our ‘Gladys Elphick’ story and student activities for Foundation to Year 2 to recognise the achievements of a First Nations advocate. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Gladys Elphick’s tireless efforts to create opportunity for First Nations people and shift racist attitudes.

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Y3–6 Gladys Elphick

Download our ‘Gladys Elphick’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 3 to 6 to recognise the achievements of a First Nations advocate. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Gladys Elphick’s tireless efforts to create opportunity for First Nations people and shift racist attitudes.

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Y7–10 Gladys Elphick

Download our ‘Gladys Elphick’ fact sheet and student activities for Years 7 to 10 to recognise the achievements of a First Nations advocate. This ‘Learn and Do’ resource tells the story of Gladys Elphick’s tireless efforts to create opportunity for First Nations people and shift racist attitudes.

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Separation – Ruth’s story: F–Y10 activity guide

The activities in this guide help build an understanding of the Stolen Generations through Aunty Ruth Hegarty’s story about separation. Activities move students from simpler concepts and responses to more complex. Select and/or adapt questions and activities based on your students’ ages and capabilities.

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NAIDOC Week 2023 – F-Y10 Understanding Eldership

This NAIDOC Week, watch the Understanding Eldership video with your students and then use this Activity Guide to explore the video in more detail using the discussion questions and activities provided. These questions and activities are suitable for students from Foundation to Year 10.

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F-Y6 Australia Day guide

This comprehensive selection of engaging activities and resources helps students to consider different perspectives on celebrating Australia Day on January 26, a date which commemorates the arrival of the British in 1788 and the start of colonisation. Students think critically about our nation’s history and their own points of view.
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F-Y6 Australia Day Pride and Pain Timeline Activity

Through the Pride and Pain timeline, students engage with reasons behind differing perspectives on celebrating Australia Day on January 26, which commemorates the start of colonisation in 1788. Students think critically about our nation’s history and their own points of view. For more activity ideas, see the F–Y6 Australia Day Guide.
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Y7-10 Australia Day guide

This comprehensive selection of engaging activities and resources helps students to consider different perspectives on celebrating Australia Day on January 26, a date which commemorates the arrival of the British in 1788 and the start of colonisation. Students think critically about our nation’s history and their own points of view.
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Y7-10 Australia Day Pride and Pain Timeline Activity

Through the Pride and Pain timeline, students engage with reasons behind differing perspectives on celebrating Australia Day on January 26, which commemorates the start of colonisation in 1788. Students think critically about our nation’s history and their own points of view. For more activity ideas, see the Y7–Y10 Australia Day Guide.
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NAIDOC Week 2022 – F–Y2 Heroes of Change

This NAIDOC Week, download our Heroes of Change activity booklet for Foundation to Year 2 and celebrate the achievements of remarkable First Nations people. Your students can work through the activities across the week to bring to life the stories and perspectives of four Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander change makers.
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NAIDOC Week 2022 – Y3–6 Heroes of Change

This NAIDOC Week, download our Heroes of Change activity booklet for Years 3 to 6 and celebrate the achievements of remarkable First Nations people. Your students can work through the activities across the week to bring to life the stories and perspectives of four Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander change makers.
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NAIDOC Week 2022 – Y7–10 Heroes of Change

This NAIDOC Week, download our Heroes of Change activity booklet for Years 7 to 10 and celebrate the achievements of remarkable First Nations people. Your students can work through the activities across the week to bring to life the stories and perspectives of four Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander change makers.
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NAIDOC Week 2022 – References and Australian Curriculum links

Heroes of Change – download the complete list of sources and Australian Curriculum links for the Heroes of Change resources.
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NAIDOC Week 2021

Invite your students to 'Heal Country, heal our nation' in NAIDOC Week 2021. This comprehensive resource offers rich primary and secondary activities and respectful ways to celebrate as a school. Activities are organised by learning areas, covering HASS, English, visual arts, music, science and the environment, for Foundation to Year 10.
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Foundation

Foundation HASS & Maths – Taking care of special places

Students recognise and reflect on the importance of their own special places, as well as their families’. They learn about local sites of importance and identify their features. Students learn the meaning of Country, as well as how to care for Country.

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Foundation Science & Design and Tech – Materials on Country

Students explore the relationship between various materials and their respective properties. They investigate the knowledges First Nations Peoples have about combining different materials for different purposes, and how the properties of materials affect their use.

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Foundation English, Dance & Media Arts – First Nations storytelling

Students are introduced to a variety of First Nations stories and different ways that stories can be told, such as through dance or oral storytelling. Students consider the messages or lessons found in both familiar and less-familiar stories and connect with the ways stories can bring us together.

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Foundation HASS, English, Health and PE & Dance – Exploring families, kinship and home

Starting with their own families, students explore ways of understanding family. They consider First Nations families and kinship and think about their own family as a continuous unit over time. The concept of Elders is used to highlight that everyone needs people who help them learn and be safe.

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Foundation Maths & Visual Arts – Shapes on Country

Students explore geometric and organic shapes in their everyday life, analysing how First Nations Peoples use shapes and symbols to communicate knowledges and information.

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Foundation English & HASS – Stories, families, places: belonging forever and ever

Students use story books, songs and videos to explore the importance of place and family in First Nations stories. Students look at past and present First Nations stories and explore texts that relate to place, family and belonging. Students reflect with their families on their own stories embedded in place and create their own texts.
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Foundation Science & HASS – Caring for Country: how Indigenous scientific observation and cultural practices support ecosystems

This unit explores the special, reciprocal relationship First Nations Peoples have with Country. It investigates how Indigenous scientific knowledge, gained through observation of the environment, has informed cultural and land management practices for millennia enabling the land, sea, plants, animals and humans to survive and thrive.
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Foundation English, Science & Visual Arts – Looking at and listening to our world

Students observe places and engage with art to develop scientific understandings of their own place and the continuity of seasons. They consider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and the limitations of applying European seasons in an Australian setting. The resource can be adapted to include local Indigenous knowledge.
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Foundation Maths – Estimating, counting and adding: connecting number words, numerals and quantities

Students learn about estimating, counting and adding using the numbers 0 to 9, and potentially beyond, in both Western and Indigenous counting systems. This is learnt in the context of story and everyday life, with a focus on symbols and multi-sensory learning. Students connect physical quantities with abstract numerical representations.
ACMNA002, ACMNA004
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Foundation Science & Health and PE – Bush toys: investigating how size and shape affects movement

Students investigate and observe how the size and shape of Indigenous instructive toys influences their movement by making simple toys and engaging with indoor and outdoor games. Students also look at the role toys play in the cultural life and education of First Nations children.
ACSSU005, ACSHE013, ACPPS007
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Year 1

Y1 English, Music & Dance – Storytelling through song and dance

Students explore the many ways stories can be told in First Nations cultures. They explore the cultural and educational role stories play and engage in processes of retelling and creating stories about our world and our experiences using elements of music, movement and dance.

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Y1 Science, Design and Technologies & Maths – First Nations toys and games

Students play First Nations games, discover First Nations toys and investigate the forces of pushing and pulling through movements such as throwing, hitting, spinning and rolling. They design and make a toy using natural materials applying their knowledge of forces and First Nations games.

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Y1 Maths & Visual Arts – Patterns in First Nations cultures

Students explore the patterns linking their world with First Nations cultures, investigating patterns in nature, storytelling, language and counting systems. Students identify, create and interpret patterns, with a focus on the meaning and value in patterns for First Nations Peoples.

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Y1 Science & English – Knowing Country

This unit explores the important information First Nations Peoples collect and communicate from observing the natural environment. Students will identify and make connections to what we observe, why we observe, how we observe and ways to communicate observations.

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Y1 Science & HASS – Observing and living with the seasons

This unit guides learners to explore seasons, both Western and Indigenous, through observation, community research, hands-on activities and critical thinking. Indigenous seasonal knowledge was essential in the past for living well, and remains important today in order to live with and look after Country for future generations.
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Y1 Science & Music – Exploring the science of sound with Indigenous instruments

Students explore how sounds are produced using Indigenous musical instruments and learn how First Nations people produce musical instruments using sustainable natural materials. Students demonstrate their learning by creating an instrument of their own using sustainable materials and sharing how the instrument produces sound.
ACSSU018, ACSSU020, ACSHE022
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Y1 Science, HASS & Visual Arts – How Indigenous knowledge is represented and communicated through art and design

Students explore the diversity of Indigenous art, analysing how symbols, patterns, shape and colour are used to record and communicate cultural, spiritual, historical and geographical knowledge. Students explore how to use these same design components to communicate information about their own lives within their local landscape.
ACSIS029, ACHASS1024, ACAVAR109
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Y1 English, HASS & Drama – First Nations societies before colonisation: Dreaming, living, using waterways

Dreaming is reflected in stories and beyond to give meaning to the world. Students work with Dreaming stories, including creating tableaux in a drama activity. Students find evidence of pre-colonisation engineering, aquaculture and trade economies to learn about First Nations practices and to reflect on sustainability for a shared future.
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Y1 English & Science – Tracking meanings from cultures and Country

Students will be immersed in First Nations stories, art and dance and reflect on how this can enrich their own communication and understanding. They will learn how to use features such as animal tracks, visual patterns, rhyme, descriptive words and movement to read the world and communicate meanings to others.
ACELT1581, ACELT1585, ACSSU017, ACSIS213, ACELA1444
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Year 2

Y2 Science, Design and Tech & HASS – Exploring changes to materials

Students investigate ways materials can be physically changed through hands-on learning. They develop understanding by predicting, observing and discussing the results of changes. Students learn about changes First Nations Peoples make to natural materials and use this knowledge, and exploration, to design their own object from natural materials.

v9.0 AC9S2U03, AC9S2I01, AC9S2I04, AC9TDE2K03, AC9HS2K02
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Y2 Maths, Science & Visual Arts – Measurement on Country

Students explore length using both variable and uniform informal units of measurement and investigate ways First Nations people use measurement in everyday life. Students create a weaving artwork using informal measurement to share their learning with others.

v9.0 AC9M2M01, AC9S2I03, AC9AVA2E02
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Y2 Science & Media Arts – Patterns in astronomy

Students explore how cultural stories of First Nations Peoples of Australia describe the patterns in the changing positions of the sun, moon and stars. Students recognise that astronomers use patterns of movement of celestial objects in the sky.

v9.0 AC9S2H01, AC9S2U01, AC9S2I04, AC9S2I06, AC9AMA2D01, AC9AMA2C01
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Y2 English & Health and PE – Words that welcome, acts that acknowledge

Students explore the meaning behind the Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country protocols and how we can use these protocols, meaningfully, to show respect for the relationship between First Nations people and Country.

v9.0 AC9E2LA01, AC9E2LA02, AC9E2LA09, AC9E2LE03, AC9E2LY02, AC9E2LY03, AC9HP2P02
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Y2 HASS & Science – Indigenous toys used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Students learn about the types of toys used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, methods used in making them, and the push and pull forces involved in using them. Students design and make a toy boat using sustainable materials and race them to test their designs.
ACHASSK046, ACSSU031, ACSSU033
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Y2 English & HASS – Exploring texts by Indigenous authors

Students explore connection to Country and place through Indigenous stories, including Dreaming stories and those by contemporary Indigenous authors. Students use stories to explore the language features of texts and oral storytelling.
ACELA1460, ACELT1591, ACHASSI035, ACHASSI041, ACHASSK048
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Y2 Maths – Comparing Western and Indigenous concepts of seasons, ordering Western months and understanding seasonal cycles

Students learn months of the year; European seasons; and how for thousands of years, First Nations people in Australia marked seasons and seasonal change by observing animal behaviours and natural features. Students begin to develop an understanding of the cyclical nature of time.
ACMMG040
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Y2 Maths & HASS – Grouping, partitioning, rearranging and measuring distance in everyday life

Students learn how to group, partition and rearrange numbers up to 1000 in the context of story and everyday life, such as when measuring distance. Students learn about standard and non-standard partitioning; the latter is an important precursor for learning division. Students learn to pose questions about people, places and events.
ACMNA028, ACHASSI034, ACHASSI040
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Y2 Science & HASS – Living things: making connections with the world around us

This scientific investigation into living things explores reciprocity between Country and First Nations Peoples. Students learn about local plants and animals through observation, data collection and research; and unpack sophisticated belief, kinship and knowledge systems some First Nations people use to understand and care for Country.

ACSSU030, ACSIS037, ACSHE034, ACHASSK049
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Year 3

Y3 Maths, HASS & Design and Technologies – Living spaces

Students explore shapes through home design, and use drawing and modelling to create designs. They learn about First Nations architecture to understand the connection between design function and form, and consider the importance of designing homes to meet the needs of the household and environment.

v9.0 AC9M3SP01, AC9HS3S02, AC9HS3S07, AC9HS3K05, AC9TDE4K01, AC9TDE4P02
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Y3 Drama, Dance, HASS & Health and PE – Connection to Country

Students inquire into the unique and spiritual connection First Nations Peoples have with Country. Students explore aspects of the interconnectedness First Nations Peoples have with Country through elements of drama and movement.

v9.0 AC9ADR4E02, AC9ADR4D01, AC9ADR4C01, AC9ADA4E02, AC9ADA4D01, AC9HS3K04, AC9HP4P04
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Y3 Science, English & Media Arts – Life cycles

Students learn how First Nations Peoples understand and use the life cycle of living things sustainably. They develop an understanding and appreciation for the diversity of life through personal observation, investigation and creative writing.

v9.0 AC9S3U01, AC9S3I01, AC9S3I02, AC9S3I06, AC9E3LY02, AC9E3LY05, AC9E3LY06, AC9AMA4C01, AC9AMA4C02
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Y3 HASS – Flags and dates

Students explore what flags, symbols and significant dates represent in Australia and the protocol involved in their use. Through exploring stories told by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, students identify different perspectives on significant events.

v9.0 AC9HS3K02, AC9HS3K03, AC9HS3S04, AC9HS3S06
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Y3 Science & Design and Tech – Scientific knowledge helps people develop effective and sustainable products

Students explore the use of scientific knowledge for the development of effective and sustainable techniques and products in First Nations communities over thousands of years. Students learn how knowledge of the change in state between solid and liquid through heating is used to adapt materials when creating a range of products.
ACSSU046, ACSHE051, ACTDEP014
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Y3 English – Sharing stories

Students engage with Indigenous stories to understand how cultural traditions are important in recognising similarities and differences across all people’s lives. They explore characters, settings, events and language features creating multimodal texts inspired by elements from stories they read.
ACELT1594, ACEL1596, ACEL1791
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Y3 HASS & Visual Arts – Where we live: mapping Country

Students are guided to see the different ways maps can represent place and learn conventions of mapping, such as BOLTSS. They identify boundaries and territories of geographical and political regions and First Nations language groups. Through the Ngurrara Canvas and other art, students also explore ways First Nations people map Country.
ACHASSK066, ACHASSI057, ACAVAM110
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Y3 HASS – Putting the YOU in community

Students explore community participation and how to actively contribute as an ally to First Nations communities. Through examining history from First Nations perspectives and learning how to determine fact from opinion, students create a plan to support a First Nations cause.
ACHASSK072, ACHASSI060, ACHASSI056
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Y3 Science, HASS & Health and PE – Heat transfer – now we’re cooking!

Students explore heat and heat transfer, identifying examples in their everyday lives, and observe cooking methods at home as examples of heat transfer. Students learn about First Nations cooking methods to better understand the cultural importance that‘s woven into the cooking and sharing of food in many communities.
ACSSU049, ACSIS053, ACSIS054, ACHASSK062, ACHASSI059, ACPPS042
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Year 4

Y4 HASS, Drama & Health and PE – First Contact

Students use drama to investigate the perspectives of people involved in first contact events. They learn about how representing multiple perspectives in historical stories helps individuals develop intercultural understanding and helps communities to value diversity.

v9.0 AC9HS4K04, AC9HS4S04, AC9HS4S09, AC9HS4K02, AC9ADR4D01, AC9ADR4C01, AC9HP4P03, AC9HP4P04
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Y4 HASS, Music & Visual Arts – Culture of sustainability

Students explore First Nations Peoples’ unique relationship with and responsibility to care for Country. They learn about ways of caring for Country and how knowledge has been passed down, and practices adapted to each geographic location and available resources. Students reflect on their role in protecting biodiversity in local areas and beyond.

v9.0 AC9HS4K06, AC9HS4K01, AC9AMU4E02, AC9AVA4E02
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Y4 Science, HASS, Drama, Dance, Visual Arts & Media Arts – Protectors of the rainforest

Students examine the ecological importance of the Daintree Rainforest and learn about the Daintree’s Traditional Custodians – Eastern Kuku Yalanji People. Students also learn how, as a decomposer and keystone species, the southern cassowary regenerates the Daintree Rainforest by distributing seeds.

v9.0 AC9S4U01, AC9HS4K01, AC9HS4K05, AC9ADR4C01, AC9ADA4E02, AC9AVA4E02, AC9AMA4C01, AC9AMA4D01, AC9AMA4E02
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Y4 Science & HASS – Caring for water

Students learn about water and the ways it enriches life. They explore how water’s perceived, valued and how it connects places in the environment. In looking at how First Nations Peoples understand and care for water, students develop their appreciation for water and water places, to learn to care for and sustain these places.

v9.0 AC9S4H02, AC9S4U02, AC9S4I01, AC9S4I04, AC9S4I06, AC9HS4K01, AC9HS4K05, AC9HS4K06
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Y4 English & Health and PE – Stories of identity

This unit immerses students in the cultural stories and songs of First Nations Peoples, exploring the important role cultural practices and beliefs play in the development and expression of identity. Students consider the role culture plays in their own lives and reflect on how they might express their unique identity.

v9.0 AC9E4LE01, AC9E4LE03, AC9E4LE04, AC9HP4P01, AC9HP4P05
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Y4 Maths & HASS – Enough for me, enough for Country: sustainability using fractions and Indigenous lore

Students investigate fractions, mixed numbers and counting by halves and thirds. They develop geographical understandings about Indigenous custodial responsibility and sustainable resource use. This leads to reflection on our shared responsibility for the present and future and connects numeracy to human wellbeing.
ACMNA078, ACHASSK089
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Y4 English & HASS – Indigenous languages and Standard Australian English: influences and impacts

Students explore the diversity of Indigenous languages in Australia and how they’ve shaped the Standard Australian English used today. Students look at the historical context of European records of Indigenous languages, and consider how colonisation and the loss of Indigenous languages has impacted First Nations people and Country.
ACELA1487, ACHASSK083, ACHASSK086
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Y4 Maths & Science – Patterns tell stories

Students explore the relationship between pattern and symmetry in mathematical equations and as a tool to estimate and predict outcomes. Students will appreciate the central role that pattern, symmetry, and scientific thinking and processes in mathematics and science play in Indigenous life and cultures.
ACMMG091, ACSHE061
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Y4 Science, HASS & Design and Tech – Properties of materials

Students investigate properties of natural materials through investigation, experiments and research. They learn how First Nations Peoples apply scientific knowledges to create tools, clothing and artworks. Students learn how the diversity of Australia’s materials defines the design of everyday items.
ACSSU074, ACHASSK083, ACTDEK010, ACTDEK011, ACTDEK013
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Year 5

Y5 Science – Erosion and weathering

Students learn how we can use scientific knowledge of erosion and weathering to better protect and preserve sites of cultural significance of First Nations Peoples. Students experiment on different materials to see erosion and weathering in action.

v9.0 AC9S5U02, AC9S5I01, AC9S5I02, AC9S5I03, AC9S5I04, AC9S5I06, AC9S5H01
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Y5 Media Arts & English – First Nations stories go digital

First Nations people are using media arts to share stories and keep culture strong. Students explore podcasts, music videos, animations, virtual reality and other media art projects that have been generated by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creators. Students keep a blog (digital or written) to reflect on their learning each week.

v9.0 AC9AMA6E02, AC9E5LE01
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Y5 HASS & English – Perspectives on colonisation

Students inquire into the impact of colonisation on people and places throughout the late 1700s and 1800s. They look at the causes and effects of change on different groups of people, particularly First Nations Peoples, and the environment. Students explore varying perspectives on key aspects of colonisation.

v9.0 AC9HS5K02, AC9HS5K03, AC9HS5K04, AC9HS5S02, AC9E5LE01, AC9E5LY06
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Y5 English & Media Arts – One continent, many voices

Students examine literary texts by First Nations people that depict impactful events. They explore aspects of the texts that convey historical context, investigate narrative voices in the texts, and analyse the responses these voices evoke.

v9.0 AC9E5LE01, AC9E5LE03, AC9AMA6E02, AC9AMA6P01
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Y5 Science – Cultural ecology

Students explore how First Nations Peoples use knowledges of the structural features and behaviours of some animals and plants. They learn about Australia’s unique plant and animal diversity, and how First Nations Peoples to use and manage this through ancestral knowledge systems and practices.

v9.0 AC9S5I06, AC9S5I01, AC9S5U01
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Y5 Maths – Comparing 12- and 24-hour time systems and Indigenous concepts of time

Students compare and convert between 12- and 24-hour time, in a context where they also learn that 12- and 24-hour time systems are one way, rather than the only way, of measuring time. Students learn how First Nations people in Australia have measured short-term time (daily time) and medium-term time (seasons) for thousands of years.

ACMMG110
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Y5 Maths – Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of mapping and navigating

Students use a grid reference system to describe locations, and use landmarks and directional language to describe routes. Students learn how First Nations people in Australia have designed sophisticated maps for thousands of years.
ACMMG113
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Y5 Science & HASS – Sustainable solutions: how Indigenous knowledge can lead to better land and water management in Australia

Students explore sustainable Indigenous resource management practices. Students engage with perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples about how relationship to Country shapes decision-making, and they examine a geographical site to show how the environment was altered to sustain ways of living.
ACSHE083, ACHASSK120, ACHASSK112
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Y5 Science – Indigenous stories of the night sky

In this science resource, students will test predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of observable facts and events. They’ll examine First Nations Peoples’ contributions to, and the importance of, Indigenous astronomy stories and knowledge to understand phenomena from the land, sky, sea and waterways.
ACSHE081
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Y5 HASS – Expanding the colony

Students learn how, in the early 1800s, European colonists sought a passage across the Blue Mountains to find resources for the growing colony at Sydney Cove. Students analyse sources, including diaries and art, to explore how expanding the colony impacted both First Nations Peoples and colonisers at Sydney Cove and their local area.

ACHASSK108, ACHASSK120, ACHASSI009
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Y5 English – The power and purpose of protest

This unit explores protest songs of the 20th and 21st centuries from Australia and around the world, looking closely at the techniques employed by artists to persuade audiences to their way of thinking. Of particular focus are persuasive techniques: emotive language, simile, metaphor, personification, repetition, alliteration and rhyme.
ACELT1611
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Year 6

Y6 Science & Visual Arts – Learning from sky Country

Students learn about First Nation Peoples knowledges of the sky and the ways observing the night sky can inform ways of timekeeping. They view stories, pictures, dance and petroglyphs to develop their understanding of sky Country and better understand its significance to First nations people.

v9.0 AC9S6I06, AC9S6U02, AC9S6I01, AC9S6I03, AC9AVA6E02, AC9ADA6E02, AC9AVA6C01
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Y6 English – Writing styles of First Nations authors

Students read short novels by First Nations authors and explore authors’ styles. They analyse the elements and themes in the works to find out how style can be connected to culture and personal experiences.

v9.0 AC9E6LE01, AC9E6LE03, AC9E6LE05, AC9E6LA03, AC9E6LA08, AC9E6LA09, AC9E6LY02, AC9HP6P04
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Y6 English – Themes in First Nations texts

In small reading groups students explore themes in novels by First Nations authors. They experience a story through the lens of the author and examine characters, settings and events. This learning is then applied in group discussion and writing activities.

v9.0 AC9E6LE01, AC9E6LE03, AC9E6LE05, AC9E6LY02, AC9E6LY05, AC9E6LY06
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Y6 Drama, Media Arts, HASS & Health – First Nations cultural narratives

Students undertake an inquiry into First Nations storytellers and cultural narratives, and the art of dramatic storytelling and elements of filmmaking. They show their responses through making a short film that tells a story of First Nations identity and resilience.

v9.0 AC9ADR6D01, AC9ADR6E02, AC9ADR6C01, AC9AMA6E02, AC9AMA6D01, AC9AMA6C01, AC9HS6K02, AC9HP6P01, AC9HP6P05
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Y6 Science – Habitats, change and survival

This unit explores the relationship between habitats and survival of living things and how the knowledges of First Nations Peoples about Country allowed different species to thrive for millennia. Students investigate changing physical conditions by creating their own experiment.

v9.0 AC9S6U01, AC9S6H01, AC9S6I01, AC9S6I06, AC9S6I02
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Y6 HASS – Examining sources relating to Australia’s Federation and Constitution

This resource combines ACHASSK134 and ACHASSI126. Students analyse sources to investigate Federation and the related stereotyping and over-generalisation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Students explore the Constitution, the lack of Indigenous voices in its development, and the ongoing fight for recognition.
ACHASSK134, ACHASSI126
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Y6 HASS – A timeline of Indigenous resistance

This resource combines ACHASSI125 and ACHASSK135 to examine Indigenous resistance in Australian history, looking at the lack of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ rights and how this changed over time. History is broken up into eras, and short, relevant examples are given for students to explore under teacher direction.
ACHASSI125, ACHASSK135
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Y6 HASS – The negotiation of native title

This resource combines ACHASSK137 and ACHASSI129 for a blended civics/history activity. Students learn about the complex concept of native title, an important matter for many First Nations communities. They examine how negotiation is a key part of communities applying for native title.
ACHASSK137, ACHASSI129
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Y6 HASS – Analysing maps and statistics

This resource combines ACHASSI128 and ACHASSI123. It‘s designed to show the effects of the past by examining contemporary statistics and data about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Students research and analyse case studies where the past has influenced the present – language, population distribution and racism.
ACHASSI128, ACHASSI123
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Y6 Maths – Rotation and symmetry in animal tracks and symbolic language from Indigenous cultures

Students gain a basic understanding of symmetry, lines of symmetry, transformations of rotation by multiples of ninety degrees, and reflection transformations by exploring these concepts in the context of storytelling and cultural symbols of First Nations Peoples. Students explore maths concepts in the context of daily life experiences.
ACMMG141
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Y6 English – Rich expression: bringing together Indigenous languages and Standard Australian English

English in Australia has many influences. The rich diversity of Indigenous languages have helped to develop different varieties of English and influence the vocabulary of Standard Australian English. By understanding these contributions we show respect for all languages in Australia and can describe and understand this land more fully.
ACELA1515, ACELA1526
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Y6 Science – Learning from Indigenous fire management practices

Students learn about Indigenous ecological knowledge and fire management practices. They investigate how Indigenous knowledge continues to be used today to look after plants, animals and the landscape; and how the science of reversible or irreversible change applies.
ACSHE100, ACSSU094, ACSSU095
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Year 7

Y7 Music – Rich & rare: inclusive anthems

Students consider recent and historical updates made to Australia’s national anthem; investigating purpose, structure and inclusivity of anthems. They explore perspectives of First Nations people and non-Indigenous people, and work together to create an inclusive anthem for their school community.

v9.0 AC9AMU8E02, AC9AMU8E01, AC9AMU8D02, AC9AMU8C01, AC9AMU8C02
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Y7 Languages – Connecting language to place

Through an examination of interconnected elements of identity, students build and apply knowledge of target language and culture. They explore First Nations People’s connection to Country and the way language, culture, family and place shape identity in all people.

v9.0 Australian Curriculum
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Y7 English – Poetry of place

Students explore poems by First Nations authors on themes such as connection to Country, disconnection from Country and heroes on Country. Students learn how literary devices are used by First Nations poets to build meaning, and create original poetry to demonstrate their learning.

v9.0 AC9E7LE01, AC9E7LE06, AC9E7LE07, AC9E7LA02, AC9E7LA03, AC9E7LA08, AC9E7LY03, AC9E7LY06
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Y7 Maths – Algebra: fishing by the seasons

In this unit, students work with algebraic formulas, identifying patterns and interactions between real-life variables. They begin to understand First Nations Peoples’ knowledges and observations of the environment, in this instance moon phases and tides in First Nations fishing practices.

v9.0 AC9M7A01, AC9M7A02
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Y7 Science – Fire and biodiversity

Students explore their local environment by surveying biodiversity and creating food webs. They investigate the differences between various types of fire, including cultural burning, and how such fires affect biodiversity in their local region.

v9.0 AC9S7U02, AC9S7H01, AC9S7H04, AC9S7I01, AC9S7I03, AC9S7I04
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Y7 Health and PE – Fair play in First Nations games

Students play and observe rules, equipment and scoring systems of First Nations games and investigate how they support skill development, fair play and inclusion. They explore how playing games contributes to First Nations cultures and consider the impact of colonisation on their continuation.

v9.0 AC9HP8M01, AC9HP8M02, AC9HP8M04, AC9HP8M07, AC9HP8M08, AC9HP8M09, AC9HP8P01, AC9HP8P05
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Y7 Visual Arts – Creating and exhibiting 3D art

Students explore the connection between art, cultural expression and cultural identity. They learn about cultural appropriation and how to avoid it, and analyse First Nations 3D art and unique ways story can be told through art. Students respond by creating and exhibiting their own 3D artwork.

v9.0 AC9AVA8C01, AC9AVA8P01, AC9AVA8D02, AC9AVA8E02, AC9AVA8D01, AC9AVA8C02
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Y7 History – First Nations aquaculture

Students learn about First Nations aquaculture practices and write inquiry questions to guide their research into significant sites. Through a Brewarrina Fish Traps case study, students draw conclusions about the site’s importance and show their findings in a multimodal presentation.

v9.0 AC9HH7KO3, AC9HH7KO4, AC9HH7KO5, AC9HH7KO6, AC9HH7KO7, AC9HH7KO8, AC9HH7KO9, AC9HH7S01, AC9HH7S02, AC9HH7S05, AC9HH7S08
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Y7 Maths – Probability in practice

Students explore the ways probability is used by First Nations Peoples in ancestral knowledge systems. Students learn about the ways these knowledges can inform and enrich our understanding of probability and its applications, conducting probability experiments through First Nations games.

v9.0 AC9M7P01, AC9M7P02, AC9M7ST02
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Y7 English – The Sapphires: cultures & contexts

In this unit, students explore the ways that identity is shaped by cultures and contexts. A close analysis of the film, The Sapphires, encourages students to recognise the personal empowerment of culture and identity, and to consider the impact that a disruption to this can have on a person.

v9.0 AC9E7LE01, AC9E7LE02, AC9E7LE05, AC9E7LE06, AC9E7LY02, AC9E7LY03
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Y7 Geography – Values of water

Students explore the importance of water for First Nations Peoples in Australia and the material, cultural and spiritual meanings associated with bodies of water. The impact of colonisation, First Nations water management and struggles for water rights are explored through three case studies.

v9.0 AC9HG7K01, AC9HG7K03, AC9HG7S01, AC9HG7S04
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Y7 History – First Nations ancient past

Students learn how sources are located and identified. They examine primary and secondary sources to draw conclusions about how evidence is used to learn about the lives of First Nations Peoples. By investigating the findings at Lake Mungo, students study the importance of conserving historical sites.

v9.0 AC9HH7K03, AC9HH7K05, AC9HH7K07, AC9HH7K08, AC9HH7S02, AC9HH7S03, AC9HH7S04, AC9HH7S05, AC9HH7S06, AC9HH7S07
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Y7 Drama – The spaces between

In this Y7–8 unit, students engage with First Nations Peoples’ knowledges, stories and art to challenge their thinking about the dramatic element of ‘space’. Students investigate how the spaces between bodies and objects can create meaning and how cultural appreciation can enhance their theatre-making.

v9.0 AC9ADR8D01, AC9ADR8D02, AC9ADR8E02
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Y7 Geography – Ethical research of geological events with First Nations Peoples

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples hold knowledge of geological events that date back thousands of years. Ethical protocols for research in the field of geology recognise the value of Indigenous oral traditions that record details of meteorite craters, volcanoes and rising sea levels.
ACHGS048
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Y7 Geography – In what ways is water important to First Nations people and societies?

Students explore the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ access to water and basic details about water resource management. They engage with First Nations’ perspectives about the value and importance of water and examine local Indigenous cultures to understand the different meanings water holds.
ACHGK041
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Y7 Civics and Citizenship – Maintaining First Nations cultures and identities

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, cultural identity is key to wellbeing. Students will explore their own identity and culture to build empathy and understanding of ways that colonisation has affected First Nations People’s identities. They will also explore what’s being done to support and revive Indigenous cultures​​.
ACHASSK198, ACHCK053
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Y7 History – Conserving the ancient past of Australia’s First Peoples

Students are introduced to Australia's ancient past, and the ways it’s been analysed by European researchers. They engage with some of the issues caused by previous approaches to First Nations communities, and they examine the basics of heritage legislation and the way heritage status is determined for cultural sites.
ACDSEH148
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Y7 History – Interpretations and theories about Australia’s ancient past

Students examine conundrums that exist within the field of ancient history. They learn Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ perspectives on these matters and use the example of the (so-called) Bradshaw rock paintings to understand how theories are made about the ancient past. They examine the ancient history of their own area.
ACHHS209
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Y7 English – Whose experience? Whose perspective?

Students explore the representation of Indigenous characters in texts from different historical, social and cultural contexts. They analyse stories and songs of challenge told by First Nations people to build knowledge about culture and literary heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
ACELT1619, ACELT1622
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Y7 HASS – Indigenous spirituality within Australia‘s multi-faith society

Students explore Australia as both a secular nation and a multi-faith society. They learn about the diversity of Indigenous spiritualities that have existed in Australia for many thousands of years, and the introduction of different religions, particularly Islam and Christianity. Students consider freedom of religion as a human right.
ACHASSK196, ACHCK051
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Y7 Science – Biological sciences: Indigenous classification and understanding food webs

Students compare and contrast First Nations Peoples’ different approaches to classifying organisms and the Western scientific approach known as the Linnaean system. They explore how different classification systems might inform our knowledge of the ecological interactions between organisms, including food chains and food webs.

ACSSU111, ACSSU112, ACSHE119, ACSHE223, ACSHE121, ACSIS125
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Y7 Civics and Citizenship – How did a referendum change rights for First Nations people?

Students learn key facts about the Constitution and referendums, and understand that First Nations people have historically had fewer rights under the law compared with non-Indigenous Australians. Students can explore the history of referendums in more detail by undertaking further research and/or a case-study.
ACHCK049, ACHASSK194
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Y7 Science – Separating mixtures

Students explore ancient and contemporary chemistry techniques that people, including First Nations Peoples of Australia, use to separate substances from mixtures. They investigate how particles in pure substances and mixtures can be modelled and how differences in the properties of substances can be used to separate mixtures.
ACSSU113, ACSHE223, ACSHE120, ACSHE121, ACSIS125
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Y7 Science – The cycles of Earth and space

Students explore how First Nations Peoples recognise cycles on Earth and in space, and how they utilise them in daily life. They’re given opportunities to compare and contrast this with the Western scientific understanding of the same phenomena, through a variety of hands-on science activities.
ACSSU115, ACSHE121, ACSIS124, ACSIS125, ACSIS126, ACSIS129, ACSIS130, ACSIS133
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Y7 Geography – Place and liveability

This resource explores what Country means to First Nations Peoples, and how all that Country encompasses relates to liveability. Students examine case studies and elements of Country. And, through geographic inquiry and investigation, they apply these elements to their own places and spaces to improve liveability.
ACHGK043, ACHGK046, ACHGK047, ACHGS048
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Y7 Science – Forces and motion

Students explore how First Nations Peoples use unbalanced forces to enhance motion in the design of everyday objects. They’re given opportunities to understand the physics of motion through a variety of hands-on science activities that are underpinned by First Nations pedagogy.

ACSSU117, ACSHE223, ACSIS130, ACSIS131, ACSIS133
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Year 8

Y8 Music – Rich & rare: inclusive anthems

Students consider recent and historical updates made to Australia’s national anthem; investigating purpose, structure and inclusivity of anthems. They explore perspectives of First Nations people and non-Indigenous people, and work together to create an inclusive anthem for their school community.

v9.0 AC9AMU8E02, AC9AMU8E01, AC9AMU8D02, AC9AMU8C01, AC9AMU8C02
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Y8 Languages – Connecting language to place

Through an examination of interconnected elements of identity, students build and apply knowledge of target language and culture. They explore First Nations People’s connection to Country and the way language, culture, family and place shape identity in all people.

v9.0 Australian Curriculum
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Y8 Health and PE – Fair play in First Nations games

Students play and observe rules, equipment and scoring systems of First Nations games and investigate how they support skill development, fair play and inclusion. They explore how playing games contributes to First Nations cultures and consider the impact of colonisation on their continuation.

v9.0 AC9HP8M01, AC9HP8M02, AC9HP8M04, AC9HP8M07, AC9HP8M08, AC9HP8M09, AC9HP8P01, AC9HP8P05
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Y8 Visual Arts – Creating and exhibiting 3D art

Students explore the connection between art, cultural expression and cultural identity. They learn about cultural appropriation and how to avoid it, and analyse First Nations 3D art and unique ways story can be told through art. Students respond by creating and exhibiting their own 3D artwork.

v9.0 AC9AVA8C01, AC9AVA8P01, AC9AVA8D02, AC9AVA8E02, AC9AVA8D01, AC9AVA8C02
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Y8 Science – Geological events of Australia

This unit explores the cultural accounts of geological features and events by First Nations Peoples, and how these histories have been preserved for millennia. Students research and locate volcanoes around Australia and compare creation stories against the geological evidence found today.

v9.0 AC9S8U03, AC9S8I04
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Y8 Science – Rocking Country

In this geology unit, students explore how rocks are formed and change over time, alongside the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ geological knowledges and rock selection. Students understand the importance of protecting culturally significant geological sites.

v9.0 AC9S8U04, AC9S8H02, AC9S8I02, AC9S8I04
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Y8 English – Speeches for reconciliation

Students develop awareness of the ways speeches inform ideas and actions around reconciliation. Relevant concepts are unpacked and their representation in spoken texts is examined. Students engage with a variety of texts, a diversity of voices and different uses of persuasive language techniques.

v9.0 AC9E8LE01, AC9E8LE05, AC9E8LY01, AC9E8LY02, AC9E8LY05, AC9E8LY07, AC9E8LA01, AC9E8LA03, AC9E8LA04
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Y8 English – First Nations poetry and song

Students explore lived experiences of First Nations Peoples, reflecting on the use of language to examine themes of identity, Country and disconnection from culture. Students develop an understanding of tone and other literary devices, and skills in communicating their ideas about texts.

v9.0 AC9E8LA01, AC9E8LE01, AC9E8LE05, AC9E8LY08
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Y8 Geography – Landforms, landscapes and Dreaming

Students will explore significant landscapes in Australia and connections to First Nations Dreaming. They’ll consider perspectives about Country and land use and create visitor guides to demonstrate understanding of landscapes and landforms and their significance to First Nations Peoples.

v9.0 AC9HG8K02, AC9HG8K03, AC9HG8S02
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Y8 English – Contexts for reconciliation

This unit allows students to develop awareness of the ideas, contexts and perspectives around reconciliation. Students unpack relevant concepts and texts and are encouraged to convey a respectful attitude towards learning about a complex issue that affects all Australians.

v9.0 AC9E8LE01, AC9E8LE05, AC9E8LY01, AC9E8LA01
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Y8 Drama – The spaces between

In this Y7–8 unit, students engage with First Nations Peoples’ knowledges, stories and art to challenge their thinking about the dramatic element of ‘space’. Students investigate how the spaces between bodies and objects can create meaning and how cultural appreciation can enhance their theatre-making.

v9.0 AC9ADR8D01, AC9ADR8D02, AC9ADR8E02
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Y8 English – Connection to Country in Indigenous-authored texts

Students learn how culture influences the way we write, and our perception of texts as readers/viewers/listeners. The history of the Indigenous relationship with written culture is examined. European and Indigenous concepts of land and Country are explained and compared. Students use this information to then analyse Indigenous texts.
ACELT1806
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Y8 Civics and Citizenship – What is customary law?

This unit gives students an introduction to Indigenous customary laws. They learn that customary law has a completely different basis when compared to the European system of laws, as it forms part of cultural knowledge and Dreaming.
ACHCK064
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Y8 Civics and Citizenship – Reconciliation and its influence on Australia’s national culture and identity

Students explore the contradictions in the traditional Australian ‘national identity’, particularly the idea of ‘fair go’ when considered alongside Indigenous dispossession. Students consider how, in recent years, reconciliation has influenced the inclusion of First Nations people as part of a ‘national identity’.
ACHCK066
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Y8 Geography – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander place names and meanings

Students investigate the significance of landscapes and landforms to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Students explore the names and naming of landforms and the ways that mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to represent data.
ACHGK048
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Y8 Economics and Business – Indigenous businesses and cost-benefit analysis

Students explore an Indigenous business and analyse how it’s responded to an opportunity or issue. They apply a cost-benefit analysis to identify opportunities in the market and propose alternative ways to take advantage of these.
ACHES035
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Y8 Geography – Indigenous land management and its cultural value

Students will develop an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ diverse connections to and knowledge of Australia’s landscapes and landforms. Students will also explore the role Songlines play in knowing the land, and research Indigenous land-management techniques. Resource combines ACHGK049 & ACHGK052.
ACHGK049, ACHGK052
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Y8 Geography – Indigenous cultural landscapes and landforms – degradation and its effects

Using Uluru as a case study, students research different ways a landscape or landform, especially one with cultural significance, can be impacted by human actions, such as vandalism, tourism or pollution. They examine the effect that the degradation, both physical and spiritual, of a cultural heritage site has on First Nations people.
ACHGK051
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Y8 Geography – How Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have been studied and researched over time

This resource provides a context to protocols and ethical guidelines about Indigenous culture, knowledge and language. In an examination of past research practices, students will see that ideas about what constitutes good research has changed over time. Case studies of specific artefacts and their return to communities will be examined.
ACHGS056
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Y8 Geography – Mapping land the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ way

This resource gives students an overview of how diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities used spatial strategies and positional navigation to map and navigate the land of Australia prior to and following colonisation.
ACHGS059
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Y8 Economics and Business – Indigenous trade and trade markets: History and current practice

This resource explores traditional Indigenous trade practices, current practices in cultural tourism and barriers to Indigenous business ownership. Students will read about historical Indigenous trade routes, the items traded and cultural reasons for trade. Activities cover cultural tourism and a report on an Indigenous business.
ACHEK028
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Y8 Geography – Why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples might move to different places

Students learn key factors influencing Indigenous population mobility. Students understand the historical context. They’re encouraged to listen to First Nations people about population mobility and examine topical issues such as the BasicsCard and inner-city gentrification.
ACHGK056
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Y8 Geography – Mapping the location of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

This is a short resource on constructing a statistical map showing the distribution of Indigenous populations. Students are given background information on how and why First Nations people have historically been moved and displaced. This unit is complemented by the Australians Together resource for ACHGK056.
ACHGS058
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Y8 Science – Investigating First Nations people’s science knowledges in the production of pigments and dyes

Students investigate how First Nations people use geological knowledge and sophisticated mining techniques to extract ochre, and the chemical processes employed to make pigments and dyes. Students analyse how the colonisation of Australia impacts the sharing of Indigenous sciences and disrupts First Nations people’s connection to Country.
ACSSU225, ACSSU153, ACSHE226
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Y8 Science – Fire management and sustainability practices of First Nations Peoples

Students investigate how First Nations Peoples’ land and fire management techniques assist to maintain biodiversity, reduce the severity of bushfires and reduce carbon emissions. Students explore the use of renewable energies used by First Nations people in remote communities.
ACSSU155, ACSHE226, ACHSE135, ACSHE136
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Y8 Civics and Citizenship – Prominent First Nations women’s views on Australia Day

Students are introduced to elements of the current debate about the appropriateness of celebrating Australia Day on the day that marks the beginning of Aboriginal dispossession. Students become familiar with the perspectives of five prominent Aboriginal women on the issue and investigate their views and backgrounds in further detail.
ACHCS069
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Year 9

Y9 Maths – Hunting down quadratics

Students examine real-life examples of parabolas and how they relate to quadratic equations. They learn about applications of parabolas to hunting techniques like spear throwing and explore this through practical activities with projectiles to recreate the trajectories of hunting weapons.

v9.0 AC9M9A04, AC9M9A05
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Y9 Drama – The truth in our history

Students explore the effects and impacts of four major historical events on First Nations people. Using the philosophy and techniques of the choreographer Mary Overlie, students undertake a range of practical exercises to increase their awareness of this continent’s vast histories and rich cultures.

v9.0 AC9ADR10E01, AC9ADR10E02, AC9ADR10C01, AC9ADR10CO2, AC9ADR10P01
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Y9 Music – Culture and identity through music

Students explore First Nations perspectives in Australian music through listening, lyric analysis and discussion. They collaborate to develop and present original musical responses to the idea of identity, deepening their understanding of First Nations contributions and fostering cultural harmony.

v9.0 AC9AMU10E01, AC9AMU10E02, AC9AMU10D01, AC9AMU10D02, AC9AMU10C01, AC9AMU10C02, AC9AMU10P01
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Y9 Science – Carbon dating First Nations history

Students examine how current carbon-dating science supports First Nations Peoples’ ancient oral histories of and long presence on this continent. Students research and present on ancient artefact locations and learn how advances in technologies are giving a greater insight into the continent’s past.

v9.0 AC9S9U06, AC9S9H02, AC9S9I02, AC9S9I07, AC9S9I08
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Y9 Geography – Native food production and access

Students explore challenges in native food production and food access within Australia’s biomes. They consider issues within these biomes, as well as management solutions and programs. Students evaluate existing programs for their effectiveness in managing food production and access in Australia.

v9.0 AC9HG9K04, AC9HG9S05, AC9HG9S06
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Y9 History – The Frontier Wars: 1770–1890

Students investigate how and why conflict occurred across the colonial frontier and the impacts on First Nations Peoples. Students analyse, compare and evaluate primary and secondary sources, investigating perspectives and events to understand the period and its significance to our nation’s history.

v9.0 AC9HH9K01, AC9HH9K03, AC9HH9K06, AC9HH9S04, AC9HH9S06, AC9HH9S07
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Y9 History – Shaping a diverse nation

In this unit, students focus on the histories, experiences and legacies of non-European migrants and First Nations Peoples in the pre-Federation context, through the analysis of primary and secondary sources. Students demonstrate their learning in an individual research and source analysis assessment.

v9.0 AC9HH9K01, AC9HH9K02, AC9HH9K03, AC9HH9K04, AC9HH9K05, AC9HH9K06, AC9HH9S01, AC9HH9S02, AC9HH9S03, AC9HH9S04, AC9HH9S05, AC9HH9S06, AC9HH9S08
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Y9 Visual Arts – Identity and First Nations art

Students investigate ways First Nations artists explore identity, values and cultures through their visual arts practice, and examine their own. Students build awareness of cultural appropriation and how to avoid it. Using self-designed symbols, they create artworks and reflect on that process.

v9.0 AC9AVA10E02, AC9AVA10D01, AC9AVA10D02, AC9AVA10C02
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Y9 Drama – Culture, community and connection

Students gain an understanding of how First Nations Peoples can use theatre practices to challenge perceptions of identity. Students use experiential activities to explore identity and learn how theatre can raise awareness of oppression and challenge us to acknowledge Australia’s shared history.

v9.0 AC9ADR10E02, AC9ADR10C01, AC9ADR10P01
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Y9 English – Exploring First Nations texts

Students explore how First Nations Australian authors reflect unique ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing. This is achieved by reviewing the early history of First Nations literature and the difficulties of storytelling, and by analysing and contextualising protest poetry, drama and contemporary autobiographical writing.

v9.0 AC9E9LE01, AC9E9LA01, AC9E9LE02, AC9E9LE05, AC9E9LA08
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Y9 History – Settlement versus invasion

Using the case study of January 26/Australia Day, students investigate links between history and national identity, and explore reasons for the contested nature of the terms settlement and invasion. They learn about academic history debates and how and why narratives often conflict with one another.

v9.0 AC9HH9K06, AC9HH9S02, AC9HH9S04, AC9HH9S06, AC9HH9S07, AC9HH9S08
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Y9 Science – Issues in feedback systems

In this biological sciences unit, students investigate disorders of feedback systems and effects on the development of products to address issues. Students research the relationships between First Nations healing and biomedical models in contemporary medical systems, and present findings to peers.

v9.0 AC9S9U01, AC9S9I07, AC9S9I01
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Y9 History – How the arrival of Europeans from 1788 impacted Aboriginal peoples

Students examine the different ways that Aboriginal communities and their cultures were affected and disrupted by the invasion of Europeans on their land. They understand the issues that caused the Frontier Wars. Students gain understanding and empathy about the ongoing effects of colonisation today.
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Y9 History – The Frontier Wars: Consequences of colonisation for Aboriginal peoples

Students examine reasons leading to the Frontier Wars between Europeans and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They understand how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and culture were affected and disrupted by the invasion of Europeans on their lands, and the ongoing impacts.
ACDSEH020
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Y9 English – How have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literary texts emerged in Australia?

Students explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have traditionally been represented in literature in Australia. They examine stereotypes of people and misrepresentations of culture. Students then explore texts by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors.
ACELT1633
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Y9 English – How does the media report on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?

Students engage in their own analysis of how mainstream media outlets report on events relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They examine stereotypes, racism and prejudice, and consider how readers’ perceptions of different groups might be shaped by approaches to reporting.
ACELY1739
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Y9 Geography – Traditional food sources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

This topic examines the significant disruption to Australian biomes by European colonisation. Native flora and fauna have struggled to compete with introduced species. Alterations in diet have negatively impacted many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Students suggest ways native food sources can be developed and promoted.
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Y9 Science – Protecting Australian ecosystems

In this biological science unit, students explore the relationship humans have with ecosystems, focusing on the ways First Nations people have used and continue to use scientific knowledge to maintain ecosystems. Students investigate the use of fire to regulate biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems, and as a land management technique.
ACSSU176, ACSHE157, ACSHE160, ACSIS164, ACSIS170
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Y9 Science – Heat transfer

Students investigate the principles of convection, conduction and radiation through a case study in possum skin cloaks, an important practical and cultural item for First Nations Peoples in south-eastern Australia. Students apply what they’ve learnt, as well as principles of biomimicry, to develop and test their own perfect insulators.
ACSSU182, ACSIS164, ACSIS165, ACSIS169, ACSIS170, ACSIS174
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Year 10

Y10 Drama – The truth in our history

Students explore the effects and impacts of four major historical events on First Nations people. Using the philosophy and techniques of the choreographer Mary Overlie, students undertake a range of practical exercises to increase their awareness of this continent’s vast histories and rich cultures.

v9.0 AC9ADR10E01, AC9ADR10E02, AC9ADR10C01, AC9ADR10CO2, AC9ADR10P01
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Y10 Music – Culture and identity through music

Students explore First Nations perspectives in Australian music through listening, lyric analysis and discussion. They collaborate to develop and present original musical responses to the idea of identity, deepening their understanding of First Nations contributions and fostering cultural harmony.

v9.0 AC9AMU10E01, AC9AMU10E02, AC9AMU10D01, AC9AMU10D02, AC9AMU10C01, AC9AMU10C02, AC9AMU10P01
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Y10 Visual Arts – Identity and First Nations art

Students investigate ways First Nations artists explore identity, values and cultures through their visual arts practice, and examine their own. Students build awareness of cultural appropriation and how to avoid it. Using self-designed symbols, they create artworks and reflect on that process.

v9.0 AC9AVA10E02, AC9AVA10D01, AC9AVA10D02, AC9AVA10C02
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Y10 Drama – Culture, community and connection

Students gain an understanding of how First Nations Peoples can use theatre practices to challenge perceptions of identity. Students use experiential activities to explore identity and learn how theatre can raise awareness of oppression and challenge us to acknowledge Australia’s shared history.

v9.0 AC9ADR10E02, AC9ADR10C01, AC9ADR10P01
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Y10 Geography – Locally led wellbeing

Students explore community-led programs that improve wellbeing for First Nations people. They examine case studies to build their understanding of challenges and responses to human wellbeing in different settings and complete a summative report or proposal for a First Nations-led wellbeing project.

v9.0 AC9HG10K03, AC9HG10K06, AC9HG10K07, AC9HG10K08
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Y10 Science – Toxic or edible?

This chemical science unit looks at the chemical processes First Nations people use across the continent to detoxify substances (such as seeds) to make them edible. It covers processes such as leaching and fermentation.

v9.0 AC9S10U07, AC9S10I04, AC9S10I08
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Y10 History – WWII First Nations perspectives

Students explore the inspiring stories of First Nations people who served Australia during WWII, as well as those who fought for their own rights before and after. By interrogating a rich range of sources, students hear the voices and perspectives of First Nations Peoples. Students complete a critical source analysis assessment.

v9.0 AC9HH10K02, AC9HH10K03, AC9HH10K04, AC9HH10K06, AC9HH10K09, AC9HH10K10, AC9HH10S01, AC9HH10S03, AC9HH10S04, AC9HH10S08
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Y10 Science – The biological evolution of First Nations Peoples to the harsh Australian climate

The past tells how our ancestors migrated across the world and came to settle in Sahul. A story of resilience is uncovered through studying the biological evolution of First Nations Peoples. Genetic isolation and extreme climate changes have given rise to societies rich in archaeological histories.

v9.0 AC9S10U01, AC9S10U02, AC9S10H04, AC9S10I02
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Y10 History – Historical debates after the Bringing them home report in 1997

This unit uses the Bringing them home report and resultant public debates as a case study for examining how history can be constructed and understood. Students become aware of how academic history debates influence wider society. They realise there are many ways of understanding the past, depending on selection of facts or evidence.
ACHHS187
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Y10 History – European empires and decolonisation movements around the world

This unit contains an overview of how the global system of European empires eventuated, and the decolonisation movements that existed during them. Students understand how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are part of a global community of colonised peoples who share similar experiences.
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Y10 Geography – Initiatives to improve the wellbeing of remote Indigenous communities

Students are given the history and context of current wellbeing policies for remote Indigenous communities. With this knowledge, they research ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are proposing and implementing improvements that lead to improved health and social wellbeing.
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Y10 History – The experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were taken from their families as children

Students gain a comprehensive understanding of the Stolen Generations through the specific experiences of individual survivors. They examine policy and practice in their own state and explore and consider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s perspectives and ongoing criticisms of child removal policies.

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Y10 History – A comparison of Freedom Rides in the United States of America and Australia

This unit complements two other Australians Together resources on the Freedom Ride. It introduces the broad historical context and origins of racism and discrimination in the United States of America and Australia. Students understand the patterns and how the recognition of shared experiences led to the 1965 Australian Freedom Ride.
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Y10 History – The aims, tactics and outcomes of the 1967 Referendum

This unit outlines the historical context of the 1967 Referendum and the aims, tactics and outcomes of the ‘yes’ campaign groups. Students are asked to evaluate campaign material and research the circumstances of the Referendum in their specific state or territory. They evaluate the Referendum’s limitations in its aftermath.
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Y10 History – Charles Perkins and the Freedom Ride

Students learn about the Freedom Ride from the voice of its main Aboriginal participant, organiser and spokesperson, Charles Perkins. They learn about the experiences that shaped Perkins’ involvement, and consider the legacy of the Freedom Ride. This unit complements two other Australians Together resources on the Freedom Ride.
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Y10 History – Continuing struggles for rights and equality by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

This unit gives students an understanding of Indigenous peoples around the world. They learn about the introduction of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and then conduct a detailed examination of the contemporary issue of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child removals, including current strategies for reduction.
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Y10 History – Timeline of the Freedom Rides in the United States of America and Australia

This unit complements two other Australians Together resources on the Freedom Ride. The events surrounding the US and Australian Freedom Rides are listed on comparable timelines and students draw conclusions and make comparisons. They can create their own timeline from research of the itinerary of the Australian Freedom Ride.
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Y10 Geography – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ approaches to environmental management

This resource gives students an overview of environmental management in Australia, and the ways that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are involved. Students are guided with ways to research the topic independently and recommended activities incorporate key geographic ideas.
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Y10 Geography – Geographic information systems and conservation management

Students examine ways in which contemporary technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) are providing support to Indigenous communities to sustainably manage and benefit from their lands. Students are encouraged to explore further examples of the use of GIS by Indigenous communities.
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Y10 Geography – Differences in wellbeing across Australia for Indigenous populations

In this resource, students are led on a thorough examination of the concept of wellbeing as a way of measuring the state of a community. They understand how factors influencing wellbeing may differ between individuals and communities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's concepts of wellbeing are explained.
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Y10 Geography – Ethical Research and Indigenous communities

Qualitative and quantitative data are outlined, and students get an overview of how approaches to researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities have changed over the past few decades. Students investigate the emergence of Indigenous-controlled research, guidelines and protocols.
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Y10 Maths – Age distribution in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population

Students understand how historical experiences can result in noticeable differences in statistical reports. They’re given an activity to work with ‘box plots’, and an explanation for why age distribution data is valuable. Raw population data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is provided for activities.
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Y10 Maths – Evaluating and comparing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population statistics

Students are given a clear outline of how and why life expectancy estimates are created by governments and other agencies. Historical reasons for why life expectancy estimates differ for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population are explained. Various activities are suggested to examine and analyse statistical reports.

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Y10 English – Comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous media sources

Students understand key differences between mainstream commercial media and Indigenous-controlled media. They learn about how and why regulations and codes of practice governing the mention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in media reports have come about. Ideas for critical analysis are given.
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Y10 Civics and Citizenship – The High Court and the Mabo Decision

Students gain a detailed understanding of the role of the High Court in deciding in favour of native title. The student handout includes a historical overview including Eddie Koiki Mabo’s achievements. Students explore the aftermath of the decision and are encouraged to research the practical application of native title locally.
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Y10 Civics and Citizenship – International human rights laws and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

This unit gives students an overview of how United Nations international conventions and declarations are connected to Australian Government policies relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Students learn how recognition of these conventions has increased over time.
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Y10 Science – How Indigenous ecological practices can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Students learn how traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of First Nations Peoples is passed on through generations, and how collaboration with governments on climate change can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Students investigate the different fire management strategies and the reinstatement of TEK to protect Australian biodiversity.
ACSSU189, ACSHE192, ACSHE194
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Y10 Science – Exploring First Nations knowledges of celestial bodies

As the first astronomers in Australia, First Nations Peoples have rich knowledges and understanding of the night sky and how it affects the land. First Nations Peoples have used knowledges of the celestial bodies for navigation, weather predictions and explaining the universe's origin through sky stories.
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Y10 English – Dreaming: old and new ways

This unit encourages students to engage with and appreciate a diverse range of First Nations Dreaming stories. By exploring modernised texts, which have transformed previously oral texts into contemporary forms, students begin to appreciate the cultural importance of Dreaming stories.

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Take a deep dive into the Learning Framework and explore our vast array of First Nations stories, activities, resources, and more. Curate your own customised learning journey to unlock the truth of our past, prompt reflection about our present, and inspire meaningful action that will bring about a brighter shared future for our nation. 

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Injustice from the impact of colonisation.

Discover our curated collection of stories, articles and statistics that expose the injustices at the heart of our nation.

Something’s not right

Who are Indigenous Australians?

First Nations disadvantage in Australia

Intergenerational trauma

The lack of treaty

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Losing home Iris's story

Miliwanga's story

Separation  Ruth's story

 
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Examines why this is relevant to every Australian.

Browse articles and stories that explore the ways we’re all connected, and what this means for us as Australians, collectively and individually.

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Australia Day: answers to tricky questions

 Busting the myth of peaceful settlement

What's the fuss about Jan 26?

Mabo and Native Title

 
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Everyone has culture. Know about your culture and value the culture of others.

Dive into stories and articles that explore the significance of culture and its role in building a brighter future together.

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Aboriginal Spirituality

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Steps we can take to build a brighter future.

Find inspiration in stories and articles that show even little steps can lead to big change when we do things together.

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How Indigenous ecological practices can help reduce emissions 
Our resources cover a wide array of topic - not just history. For example, this Year 10 science resource provides a lesson plan that explores how First Nations approaches are being used in the fight against climate change.

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