Essential Question

What can all cultures learn from First Nations Peoples about connecting with and caring for Country?

Warning — First Nations teachers and students are advised that this curriculum resource may contain images, voices or names of deceased people.

Unit details

Y9–Y10 Languages
Lesson Time: 40 minutes
Lessons: 16
Duration: 8 weeks
Australian Curriculum
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority.

Unit overview

In this unit, students will:

  • understand their own culture and its role in their identity
  • engage with First Nations people’s stories and perspectives in English
  • recognise the value of Country/Place to First Nations Peoples, and of nature to non-Indigenous people and indigenous and nonindigenous people of the target culture
  • identify and apply conventions for writing and delivering an Acknowledgement of Country
  • learn, use and practise the target language in spoken, written and multimodal texts and in spontaneous conversation and practised dialogue
  • create and translate short texts in the target language and for the target culture
  • demonstrate learning through the medium of video posts.

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