LESSON PLANS WITH AN INDIGENOUS FOCUS
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Indigenous Languages - Lesson plans and resources for teaching Indigenous
Languages. http://www.acer.edu.au/indigenous_language_education/resources.html
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Dust Echoes is a series of twelve beautifully animated Dreaming stories from Central
Arnhem Land, telling stories of love, loyalty, duty to country and Aboriginal custom
and law. http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/
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Us Mob, a 7-part 'choose your own adventure' series set in the central desert of
Australia! We all live at Hidden Valley. Hidden Valley is one of the Town Camps of
Alice Springs. With Us Mob, you can follow central Australian Aboriginal teenagers
Charlie, Della, Harry and Jacquita as they head off on journeys full of fun, excitement
and crisis. You can also interact with the world of Charlie, Della, Harry and Jacquita
by choosing the story endings, playing games, activating video and text diaries,
forums and uploading your own stories. http://www.abc.net.au/usmob/
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Mission Voices - Share in the unique culture and history of Victorian Aboriginal
(Koorie) people. Hear the Elders tell of their lives on missions and reserves. Themes
explored include Spirituality, Fighting for Country, Struggle for Justice, Work and
Wages, Living Culture, Rules and Regulations, Education and Learning, Stolen
Generations and Every Day Life. http://www.abc.net.au/missionvoices/
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Message club is ABC's latest youth site for upper primary and lower high school
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The site offers school activities for
Indigenous and non-Indigenous students with the opportunity to present their work
online. Its main aim is to promote student interest in traditional and contemporary
Indigenous life within new media / visual arts / writing / music / history / sports /
reading and nutrition. The site also aims to develop a connection between Australian
schools through an online community where urban and rural students can share
experiences about the way they live. http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/
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Indigenous Australia - This site explores Indigenous Australia through storytelling,
cultures and histories. It includes Stories of the Dreaming, teachers' resources and
content for students. You can also use this site to find out about the Indigenous
Australia exhibition at the Australian Museum. http://www.dreamtime.net.au/
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Moving towards Reconciliation - For a long time the Aboriginal and wider
communities have been working towards reconciliation. The timeline shows you
some of the movements that have helped create change.
http://www.abc.net.au/message/archive/corroboree/timeline.htm
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Aboriginal Perspectives Across the Curriculum - Lessons organised into themes
include: Sharing the Environment, Water Resources and Communities. From St
Paul’s Primary School, Western Australia.
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/stpaulsps/abstuds/year6.htm
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Racism No Way - The materials contained in this section have been developed by
teachers for teachers to use in the classroom. Various teaching and learning activities
targeting students in the upper primary and secondary years are provided. Interviews
with well-known Australians concerning their thoughts and experiences of racism are
also provided. This section is updated regularly.
http://racismnoway.com.au/classroom/
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The Stolen Generation - Students present an oral report to the rest of the class
about the history of the Stolen Generations and the effects that it has had on the
people concerned. http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/
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Australia Theme - Web Resources: Lesson Plans, Units, Printables, Activities, and
Ideas. Australia's Cultural Network http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/australia.html
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Aboriginal Dreaming Stories By Jackie Miers and Loraine Turner from Magill and
Norton Summit Primary Schools. Work samples by the Norton Summit Primary
School's Year 2/3 class.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/dreaming/stories.html
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The Aboriginal Perspectives Across The Curriculum (APAC) is a culturally
inclusive and collaborative program to enhance educational outcomes for Aboriginal
students and to create a welcoming school environment. This program acknowledges
and endorses Indigenous world views and promotes greater understanding and
respect for Indigenous peoples, cultures, histories and languages. A wide range of
localised lesson plans and resources are available on the website to support the
teaching of Aboriginal Studies in schools.
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/abled/apac/
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Reconciliation activities for all year levels.
http://www.natsiew.nexus.edu.au/lens/reconactivities/reconciliation.html
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Succesful practice - http://www.aboriginaleducation.sa.edu.au/pages/educators Open successful practice and click onto Early Years Band, Primary Years Band,
Middle Years Band, Senior Secondary Years Band for lesson ideas.
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Aboriginal Perspectives http://www.aboriginaleducation.sa.edu.au/pages/educators - Open Aboriginal
perspectives and click onto the subject heading of your choice.
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Aboriginal Cultural Studies
http://www.aboriginaleducation.sa.edu.au/pages/educators - Open Aboriginal Cultural
Studies and open Aboriginal Cultural studies links and resources.
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Aboriginal Studies, Making multicultural Australia, lesson ideas for teachers,
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/lessons/mode/Subject
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WEBSITES TO SUPPORT THE TEACHING OF INDIGENOUS STUDIES AND
PERSPECTIVES.
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Website links - PL Duffy provides links to many Indigenous Australian websites.
http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/indig/default.htm
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Indigenous Christianity - Graham Paulson, Australia's first and still Queensland's
only ordained Indigenous Baptist minister, is creating a new pathway of Christian
leadership training for Indigenous communities and churches. This interview has an
interesting insight in Indigenous Christianity.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/enc/stories/s1421793.htm
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Gold mining on Aboriginal Land - The gold rush was a second wave of
dispossession for Australian Aborigines, many of whom had already been forced from
their land by pastoralists. This site explains what happened.
http://sbs.com.au/sbsmain/gold/story.html?storyid=51
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Family - Article by Yolanda Walker on the significance of the family in Aboriginal
culture. http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fm1/fm35yw.html
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Arrernte culture - Profile of traditional culture of Arrernte from Alice Springs, Central
Australia. http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/culture/
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Barani - The story of Aboriginal Sydney, Barani contains the history, life stories and
images of many Indigenous men and women who have made great contributions to
their people and their country. http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/default.html
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Yagan - Story of an Aboriginal resistance fighter from Western Australia.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/1997/289/16057
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The Yindjibarndi culture in Western Australia is truly unique. This site explores its
language, traditions, customs and laws.
http://www.roebourne.wa.edu.au/culture/default.htm
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Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation - This is the website for Australians
for Native Title and Reconciliation. It includes news, events, media, issues, the sea of
hands and more. http://www.antar.org.au
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Reconciliation Australia - This site includes a resource centre and media centre for
Reconciliation Australia. http://www.reconciliation.org.au/i-cms.isp
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Kaurna Language –In Adelaide, 1840, a remarkable event occurred. Reverends
Teichelmann and Schürmann published their work Outlines of a Grammar,
Vocabulary, and Phraseology of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia. The
amazing feature relates to its creation. Two German priests recorded essentially the
language of the Kaurna people for the English speaking colonists to read. Indeed,
these two remarkable men began teaching the Kaurna children in their own
vernacular until forbidden to do so by the government This site provides an
alphabetical listing of Kaurna words. http://kaurna.tripod.com.
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Indigenous astronomy – Southern Stars Aboriginal Australian astronomy. Provides
information, stories and activities.http://library.thinkquest.org/C005462/
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Kaurna place names – www.kaurnaplacenames.com
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NATSIEW – this website provides an amazing array of information and links to
websites. http://www.natsiew.nexus.edu.au/lens/index.html
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Dare to Lead - Have you joined Dare to Lead? It is free and you are provided with
access to resources that will assist your school to promote the goals of Reconciliation
for all Australian students. www.daretolead.edu.au –
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