Civics and Citizenship throughout History
Welcome back. In congruence to the Australian Curriculum (Figure 1), students of 6E are going to begin exploring the history of Australian citizenship, with a focus on Indigenous Australian rights. This unit aims to question how legislation and policies become law, and how these rights, or there-lack of, can affect different groups of Australians. This will help students word towards the achievement standard for the year (Figure 2). Figure 1: Figure 2: To do this, we’ll be focusing on the 1960’s and some significant events which lead to the rights and freedoms Indigenous Australians have today. To introduce the topics, students will watch the clip below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz7hrwgczPg&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0aksFEcR-EQ8wlV-cbc5bmQI29SMnv3R3JM9l8wgkwpXw7smsnAWbCJ-Q (Behind the news, 2017). As they watch the clip, students will be asked to put themselves in ‘the shoes’ of Indigenous Australians during this decade, asking questions about h...