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The Conversation - Indigenous collection

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This is a series of short journalistic articles written by academic experts and researchers that provide facts, commentary, and independent analysis about issues, policies and culture relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The articles support student investigations and in-depth studies of issues relevant for secondary school students in English and the humanities. The collection is regularly updated with new contributions and contains over 40 articles about indigenous identity, culture, art, and issues such as health, social justice and others. .

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Civics and Citizenship 7-10 / Year 10 / Knowledge and understanding
Curriculum content descriptions

how Australia’s international legal obligations shape Australian law and government policies, including those relating to First Nations Australians, and the issues related to the application of these obligations (AC9HC10K04)

Elaborations
  • investigating how many of the 9 key human rights treaties Australia has signed and ratified, and researching how at least one of these has shaped Australian law or government policy
  • explaining how international conventions and declarations, such as the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, have shaped Australian government law and policies with regards to First Nations Australians
  • analysing Australia’s legal obligations to the environment under the Paris Agreement (2016) and the World Heritage Convention (1972), and/or to refugees under the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and its optional protocol (1967)
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • International law
  • Government policy
  • Law
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Civics and citizenship / Year 10 / Civics and Citizenship Knowledge and Understanding
Curriculum content descriptions

How Australia’s international legal obligations shape Australian law and government policies, including in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACHCK093)

Elaborations
  • listing some of the international agreements Australia has ratified and identifying examples of how each one might shape government policies and laws (for example, the protection of World Heritage areas)
  • researching the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • identifying how international conventions and declarations have shaped Australian government policies with regard to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
  • recognising that the obligations in international treaties only take domestic effect in Australia if they are implemented by statute, whether by the Commonwealth or state parliaments
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms
  • Government policy
  • International law
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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History 7-10 / Year 10 / Knowledge and understanding
Curriculum content descriptions

continuities and changes in perspectives, responses, beliefs and values that have influenced the Australian way of life (AC9HH10K18)

Elaborations
  • explaining why environmental movements gained increasing public voice and identifying different perspectives
  • investigating how Australians in the 1960s and 1970s, influenced by the events of those decades, began to question the traditional notions of egalitarianism, a fair go, classlessness and democracy; for example, conscription and the Vietnam War, the Women’s Liberation Movement and the dismissal of the Whitlam government
  • comparing and contrasting the policies relating to engagement with the Asia-Pacific region of the governments led by prime minister Paul Keating (1991–1996) and prime minister John Howard (1996–2007)
  • examining the nature of religion in Australia; for example, the changing attitudes to religious practice, the increase of non-Christian religions and non-traditional Christian churches
General capabilities
  • Ethical understanding Ethical Understanding
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural Understanding
ScOT terms
  • Indigenous rights
  • Aboriginal history
  • Legal equality
  • Womens rights
  • Torres Strait Islander history
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Civics and citizenship / Year 9 / Civics and Citizenship Knowledge and Understanding
Curriculum content descriptions

The key principles of Australia’s justice system, including equality before the law, independent judiciary, and right of appeal (ACHCK078)

Elaborations
  • describing what is meant by each principle and how each works to protect citizens and contribute to a fair society
  • examining factors that can undermine the application of the principles of justice (for example, bribery, coercion of witnesses, trial by media and court delays)
  • examining how the media, or individuals through social media, could influence the outcome of a trial by publishing information about a defendant that could affect a jurys decision
General capabilities
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms
  • Legal equality
  • Appeal
  • Judiciary
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Civics and Citizenship 7-10 / Year 9 / Knowledge and understanding
Curriculum content descriptions

the role of courts, judges, lawyers and juries in trials, and the rights of the accused and the rights of victims (AC9HC9K04)

Elaborations
  • investigating the roles of judges, lawyers, court officials and juries in criminal and civil trials
  • comparing the rights of the accused with the rights of victims in criminal trials, and the rights of the plaintiff and of a defendant in a civil case
  • understanding the role of the police, including state and federal police, in enabling equal access to justice and equal treatment under the law (the rule of law)
  • understanding the purpose of civil remedies and the rights of appeal in both criminal and civil cases, and evaluating whether they are applied equally and deliver just outcomes
  • investigating potential barriers to equality of access to justice, such as education and literacy, location and proximity to legal avenues, financial constraints, race or ethnicity, especially for First Nations Australians
  • exploring how legal aid operates and how it contributes to rights of the accused or victims
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Ethical understanding Ethical Understanding
ScOT terms
  • Lawyers
  • Legal equality
  • Courts
  • Juries
  • Judiciary
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History / Year 10 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding
Curriculum content descriptions

The nature of popular culture in Australia at the end of World War II, including music, film and sport (ACDSEH027)

Elaborations
  • identifying sports that were popular in Australia such as football, horse racing, cricket
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms
  • Australian culture
  • Popular culture
  • Sporting culture
  • Films
  • Popular music
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History 7-10 / Year 9 / Knowledge and understanding
Curriculum content descriptions

the causes and effects of European imperial expansion and the movement of peoples in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the different responses to colonisation and migration (AC9HH9K01)

Elaborations
  • identifying and describing the causes of the movement of peoples in the modern world, including the push factors (for example, the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Irish Potato Famine, discrimination and persecution, forced migration such as slavery and convict settlements) and pull factors (for example, the promise of a better life, employment opportunities, space and personal freedom)
  • identifying and describing the effects of the movements of peoples on colonised peoples, such as dispossession, disease, and destruction of traditional society and culture
  • examining data on the movement of peoples in the period, such as the number of slaves transported and the nations/places involved, including Portugal, Britain, France, Spain, North America, or the number of people forced to migrate from Ireland due to the potato famine, and the nations/places they emigrated to, such as the United States, Canada and Australia
General capabilities
  • Ethical understanding Ethical Understanding
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural Understanding
ScOT terms
  • Regional culture
  • Modern history
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Unfree labour
  • Economic growth
  • Imperialism
  • Land ownership
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English / Year 9 / Literature
Curriculum content descriptions

analyse texts and evaluate the aesthetic qualities and appeal of an author’s literary style (AC9E9LE04)

Elaborations
  • comparing texts created by the same author to determine literary style, assessing their appeal and presenting comparisons to others
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms
  • Attitudes
  • Literary styles
  • Culture
  • Literary criticism
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History / Year 10 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding
Curriculum content descriptions

Developments in popular culture in post-war Australia and their impact on society, including the introduction of television and rock ’n’ roll (ACDSEH121)

Elaborations
  • investigating America’s cultural influence, as seen in the arrival of television for the Melbourne Olympics (1956) and Bill Haley’s Australian tour (1957)
  • comparing and contrasting views on the values and beliefs of rock’n’roll, film and television across time, age and gender (for example, issues of conservatism and rebellion, the challenge to established ideas and national identity)
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms
  • Australian culture
  • Television
  • Popular culture
  • Rock music
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English / Year 10 / Literature
Curriculum content descriptions

evaluate the social, moral or ethical positions represented in literature (AC9E10LE04)

Elaborations
  • identifying and analysing ethical positions on a significant issue, including values and/or principles involved, and evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the position presented
General capabilities
  • Ethical understanding Ethical Understanding
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms
  • Culture
  • Literature
  • Beliefs
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