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Background Information - the impact of white settlement on Indigenous people in Australia.
See resource below - discuss.
Student Activity 1 view film clip
a. Adam Goodes talks about the 13 year old girl's racist taunts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyrbUiJCkVw
How was Adam Goodes affected by name calling? Is this damaging for all of us?
Should we treat others in the way we want them to treat us?
Is it true that 'sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me'?
b. View acceptance speech : Australian of the Year : Adam Goodes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EV-cLb_Ttg
Student Activity 2 read articles regarding :
a. The impact of white settlement on the indigenous people
b. The Stolen Generation
Student Activity 3
Note-taking is an important skill
Select three or more important sentences to write from both resources that explain the impact of white settlement and the term the Stolen Generation. You may add a personal reflection or an opinion on this.
OTHER - personal reading - all students should read at least one novel or view a film on the theme of racism and the civil rights movement.
Compile a list of relevant books/films that you may read/view :
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (novel and film)
To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (novel and film)
Rabbit-proof Fence by Philip Noyce based on the book, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara
Invictus directed by Clint Eastwood
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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