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Evaluating strategies for change - unit of work

Teacher guide Evaluating strategies for change - unit of work

TLF ID M009602

This is a unit of work of about four hours' duration that deals with the strategies employed by eight Australians who have been or are involved in political parties or social movements to bring about change. Four of the eight are from the 19th or 20th centuries and the other four are from the present day or relatively recent past. The unit is intended for lower secondary students, who research the strategies used by these people and reflect on what strategies they themselves might use to influence representative groups today. The unit provides links to useful websites as well as numerous handouts for student use.

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Educational value
  • This is a valuable resource for studies in the importance of human agency in bringing about change. The concept of personal and group agency is important in both the history and the civics and citizenship curriculum areas. By the end of year 8 in civics and citizenship, students can be reasonably expected to understand that individuals and groups can exert influence and be instrumental in effecting change.
  • While the suggested activities are appropriate for the intended audience of lower secondary students, they are equally suitable and useful for upper primary students. They are particularly relevant to the year 6 history content descriptions about the experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, migrants and women, and their contributions to the development of Australian society.
Year level

6; 7; 8

Topics Aboriginal history Active citizenship Activism Torres Strait Islander history Significant people
Learning area
  • Civics and citizenship
  • History

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Organization: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Address: ACT, AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Name: The Department of Education\, Employment and Workplace Relations (DE
  • Organization: The Department of Education\, Employment and Workplace Relations (DE
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: ACT, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.deewr.gov.au
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
Rights
  • © Commonwealth of Australia 2009. With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and the DEEWR logo and copyright material that is owned by third parties, you may use the material in accordance with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC BY-SA) 3.0 Australia licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/ provided that appropriate acknowledgement is made, the material is not subjected to derogatory treatment and any derivative work attributes the original material and identifies the changes that have been made to it.