Skills: Observes, Reflects, Inquires, Respects, Empathises
Audience: Years 6-10
Submitted by: Matt Kelly
Resource description:
This article refers to Tony Abbott calling the people who live in remote communities in Western Australia as making a ‘lifestyle choice’. Mr Abbott wanted to close these communities down and, in the process, angered many of the community completely ignoring parts of Aboriginal culture.
Audience: Years 6-10
Submitted by: Matt Kelly
Resource description:
This article refers to Tony Abbott calling the people who live in remote communities in Western Australia as making a ‘lifestyle choice’. Mr Abbott wanted to close these communities down and, in the process, angered many of the community completely ignoring parts of Aboriginal culture.
Teaching and learning ideas:
1. Students watch a 6min 53secs ABC 7.30 Report about the topic (embedded in article). 2. Students and teachers discuss a special place and why it is important to them, highlighting ‘links to the land’. 3. Students write down how they think Aboriginal people would respond to such a decision. |