The Wound
Our History
Why Me?
Our Cultures
My Response
The Last Daughter
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, 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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Key Dates and Topics
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.
Y7–10 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.
Year 3
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.
Y3 HASS – Putting the YOU in community
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.
Year 7
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.
Year 8
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.
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.
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.
Y8 Civics and Citizenship – Reconciliation and its influence on Australia’s national culture and identity
Year 10
Y10 Civics and Citizenship – International human rights laws and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Australians Together Learning Framework
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.
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.
Who are Indigenous Australians?
A past that shapes our story as a nation.
Tell stories that many Australians have never heard.
Immerse yourself in stories and articles to understand the connection between our nation’s past and present.
Busting the myth of peaceful settlement
Early missionaries to Australia
The civil rights movement in Australia
What’s it got to do with me?
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.
What does this have to do with me?
Australia Day: answers to tricky questions
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.
Welcome to and Acknowledgement of Country
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.
How do I get the most out of these resources?
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