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Multicultural stories - unit of work

Teacher guide Multicultural stories - unit of work

TLF ID M009603

This is a unit of work about immigration to Australia. Intended for middle secondary students, the unit is organised around historical research into three areas: the reason/s that people left their homelands, the contributions migrants have made and possible motivations for their contributions, and the history of Australia's immigration and multicultural policies. The unit makes use of interactive digital resources, and the storyboard approach used in the digital resources is recommended as a model for students to use in presenting their research findings.

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Educational value
  • This is a valuable resource for the elective depth study 'Migration experiences (1945-present)' in year 10 history. The unit's three-part approach makes it particularly relevant to content descriptions in the depth study about the effects of a world event such as the Vietnam War, the consequences of changing government policies for migration and multiculturalism, and the contribution of migration to Australia's changing identity.
  • The unit's research-based approach is very useful in developing and enhancing year 10 students' historical skills. Students are given opportunities to synthesise information from a range of sources to use as evidence in a historical argument, to consider the perspectives and motivations of people from the recent past, and to present their findings using storyboards and exhibitions.
Year level

10

Topics Multiculturalism Creating texts Attitudes Secondary sources Primary sources
Learning area
  • History

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
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  • 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.