Some resources and preparation for Session 5

Image above: Evening shadows, backwater of the Murray, South Australia 
H J Johnstone   Australia, 1835–1907



Some resources to support historical learning on South Australia and our indigenous history

* In regards to the South Australian Aboriginal history role play on Tuesday, click here and you can download a pdf of the activity.


* Changing Worlds: The South Australian Story
http://www.changingworlds.sa.edu.au/?page_id=39

* South Australian Aboriginal Cultural Studies Curriculum
http://dlb.sa.edu.au/tlsmoodle/
Click on ACS Aboriginal Cultural Studies course and then in the next screen,
enter password in reverse as mentioned.

To do before next Tuesday's session (Session 5)

1. Bring along the story of your soldier or nurse that you researched on the Virtual War Memorial - this was the task for Session 4 but we did not get time to discuss.

2. View the Debt of Honour video and be prepared to discuss. After watching the video, have a look at the interesting table of Australian global conflicts deaths over time from the Australian War Memorial website at https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/war_casualties/

3. Make sure you have done the readings from Ty Andre's book (Chapter 29 and 34) on the Vietnam War.

4. Do the five readings for Session 5 (Reynolds chapters, Earth's Nine Lives, Woolen Case Study and the Earth Charter Education article) - all described on the task sheet provided.

5. Complete the final double-entry journal as described (either the 'Earth's Nine Lives' article or David Suzuki's video.

6. Calculate your ecological footprint using
http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/gfn/page/calculators/

7. In preparation for the final sessions, look at the following two PowerPoints on the HaSS curriculum.
* Civics and Citizenship 
* Economics and Business 


At the session on Tuesday you will be provided with details for Assignment 2: The Unit of Study

See you all on Tuesday!

Getting ready for Session 4

Image above: Gary Passmore conducting the South Australian Aboriginal Cultural Studies role play during Session 3.


Thanks to Gary for spending some time with us today and sharing his knowledge and expertise - always something to learn. As mentioned, here are some PowerPoints to look at before Thursday and a little background and prep for our 4th Session.

1. The presentation on the Geography concepts that we started today.

2. A presentation on creative teaching that we will refer to on Thursday - to help with your lesson and unit planning.

3. Remember to come along on Thursday ready to talk about an indigenous Australian who has contributed to our society (either in the past or in the present).

4. Although we may not have time on Thursday, be prepared to share a story of a soldier or nurse from any of the conflicts that Australia participated in during the 20th Century. Use the RSL Virtual War Memorial at https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/ to do your research.

5. Read chapter 29 (A Helping Hand From Uncle Sam) and Chapter 34 (The Fall of Saigon) from Ty Andre's book On My Brothers Shoulders. This provides a view of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a Vietnamese man who began life in an impoverished orphanage. We have streamed the whole book if you would like to read Ty's story in its entirety.

The chapters are in the eReadings at https://lo.unisa.edu.au/blocks/course_essentials/ereadingslaunchpage.php?id=7649

6. Planning is going ahead for a voluntary excursion experience after the workshop next Thursday (8 December). We have booked into visit Parliament House and the Migration Museum and we hope to provide you with an insight about the nature of and how to conduct a HaSS excursion. More about that tomorrow!  

7. As requested, here are the photos of the great resources Gary brought along today.

Bits and pieces for next Tuesday's session

The history concepts

Thanks for the great conversation in the group on Tuesday. There are several things to follow-up from Thursday that appear below.

1. Our focus next Tuesday is on Rights and Freedoms, with a special focus on the history of Aboriginal people in Australia and in particular in South Australia. To this end we have a special guest coming in to work with us. Gary Passmore is a valued colleague and is the writer of the South Australian Aboriginal Cultural Studies Curriculum ... and much more! Gary will be guiding us through a role play and participating with us in conversations on the issues that you will cover in your readings this week. I am certainly looking forward to the session.

1. Here is the link to that Shaun Tan video we were discussing. It is worth having a good look at and think about how you would use it in the classroom.
Part 1 The Arrival
Part 2 The Arrival

  2. You can also download the history presentation from Thursday afternoon here. Have a good look at it and get your thinking together re: the history concepts.

3. Next Double entry journal - please bring a printed copy to class and be prepared to present a stimulating question from the right hand column.
 

Foley, D 2007, Aboriginality and Pedagogy, in Education, Change and Society, R. Connell. Chpt. 5 Pp94-125. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

The following links will require you to sign in using your username and password.

http://search.library.unisa.edu.au/?query=any,contains,Aboriginality+and+Pedagogy

  4. Task for Session 3:

Research an Indigenous Australian and be prepared to present to the group (2 mins). If we run out of time next Tuesday we will do the presentation on Thursday. Again, I want a presentation without notes but just a student led conversation about the person.

5. Choosing your resources and lesson plan
Just a reminder, as Deb explained, you need to come along to the session next Tuesday with a Year level and Content descriptor selected - plus some ideas on the resources you plan to review and use in your lesson plan. I will be providing you with the templates and detailed guidance for the assignment next Tuesday.

6. In preparation for our session on the geography concepts next Tuesday, have a good look at the Geography concept wheel below.

 

All the best, have  good weekend and I look forward to our continued work together next Tuesday.

Regards
Malcolm

Session 2 Strawpoll on migration and history presentation

Everything can be looked at historically!

To think historically requires an understanding of the history concepts of the curriculum

Tutorial presentation on History for Session 2 (24/11/16)

“…….teachers must be passionate and excited about a subject in order to teach it well, and that an understanding of the discipline’s concepts, structures and processes is crucial in achieving this.”

Rosie Turner-Bisset

University of Hertfordshire

 Some questions to Strawpoll (just click on the URL under the question and vote).

1. Presently Australia's refugee intake is ..% of migrant intake. 
 http://www.strawpoll.me/11713700


2. The population of Australia should be increased by increasing our intake of migrants beyond the current level of 203,000/year by ....
 http://www.strawpoll.me/11713794

3. Australia should decrease the current intake level of migration.
   http://www.strawpoll.me/11713798

4. Australia's population growth should be stopped at .......
 http://www.strawpoll.me/11713739

5.  All migrants should be put on  register.
 http://www.strawpoll.me/11713801

6. Australia's intake of migrants has increased by about ..% over the past 10 years.
http://www.strawpoll.me/11713755

7. Australia should be more selective with immigration intakes.
http://www.strawpoll.me/11713782

8. Refugees should be a higher percentage of our immigration intake.
http://www.strawpoll.me/11713769

9. Non-refugee migration intake should be determined by the economic capacity of applicant. 
http://www.strawpoll.me/11713785

10. The off-shore processing policy should be abandoned.
http://www.strawpoll.me/11713788

11. Detention centres for refugees should not exist in Australia.
http://www.strawpoll.me/11713791


Other questions you would like to know what the class thinks?





Can you answer these without the knowledge about migration in Australia?  
Check out the stats.

 http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1516/Quick_Guides/MigrationStatistics

https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/migration-trends13-14-glance.pdf