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The following resources are aimed at promoting Indigenous education in schools predominantly catering to non-Indigenous students. For resources relating to education in Indigenous contexts, the Federal Government’s “Indigenous Education” site and the Victorian Government’s Wannik strategy may be useful.

Lower Primary

Dust Echoes is a series of twelve beautifully animated dreamtime stories from Central Arnhem Land, telling stories of love, loyalty, duty to country and aboriginal custom and law. The stories come with study guides for teachers, a glossary for each story, comprehension quizzes, and fun downloadable extras like MP3 tracks and wallpapers. http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/dustEchoesFlash.htm

Australian Museum has a collection of video files relating dreaming stories from Queensland, South Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. Victorian content might follow shortly. http://australianmuseum.net.au/Stories-of-the-Dreaming

Lore of the Land provides focus questions for Victorian students studying Indigenous culture and history. From this site teachers can order the award-winning Lore of the Land CD-Rom. http://www.loreoftheland.com.au/teaching/index.html

Upper Primary

Yarra Healing: An interactive map with short histories of the traditional owner groups of Victoria

http://www.yarrahealing.catholic.edu.au/kulin-nation/index_wide.cfm?loadref=32

The interactive map is a particularly useful resource for upper primary school students as it allows students to engage with the rich history of the Kulin Nations, Victoria’s traditional owners.  Students will learn that there were five Traditional Owner groups and that each has a particular unique history.  Students will develop an understanding of how each story contributes to our overall understanding of Aboriginal identity.

The Message Place is not nearly as interesting as its Lower Primary counterpart Dust Echoes, but may nonetheless stimulate student interest in Indigenous culture and help to develop keyboard skills. The site includes walkthrough games (similar to the popular classic ‘Mario Bros.’ but with Australian animals), colouring and memory activities, a message board, a ‘Didj u know’ section featuring stories about Aboriginal celebrities, sports, rights, history and culture (suitable for upper-primary to lower secondary written comprehension), a gallery where students can upload their work, and book reviews. http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/

The Le@rning Federation Learning Objects Video clips and slideshows relating to Indigenous land rights, art and knowledge are available to Government teachers through Digilearn, to Catholic teachers through MyClasses, and to Independent teachers via Scootle. A description of learning objects are available here:

http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/cce_human_rights_resources,15496.html

Racism No Way: Worksheets for upper primary to middle secondary

http://www.racismnoway.com.au/classroom/lesson_ideas/20001010_16.html

Lore of the Land provides focus questions for Victorian primary students studying Indigenous culture and history. From this site teachers can order the award-winning Lore of the Land CD-Rom. http://www.loreoftheland.com.au/teaching/index.html

Secondary Students

Primary sources

Batman ‘treaty’ online:

Melbourne http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/portphillip/inter/7315.shtml

Geelong: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/portphillip/inter/7314.shtml

William Buckley’s reminiscenses:

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/portphillip/inter/7335.shtml

National Archives Indigenous Material:

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/indigenous-australia/index.aspx

Secondary Sources

State Library of Victoria: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/indigenous_rights

The State Library of Victoria’s ‘Indigenous Rights’ section is a useful resource for secondary school students.  It provides detailed information on Aboriginal leaders and artists who fought for land justice and equal rights. 

Little Red Yellow Black Book: Produced by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies:

http://lryb.aiatsis.gov.au/index.html

The Little Red Yellow Black Book is a highly accessible website for secondary students who have little understanding of Aboriginal history.  It has been specifically designed as an entry-level website for students who have gaps in their knowledge of crucial historical events that shaped Aboriginal culture and identity. 

The first Australians (TV show online resource): http://www.sbs.com.au/firstaustralians/

‘The First Australians’ is a television show that first appeared on the SBS Channel in April 2009.  Exploring the perceptions that Aboriginal people had of white convict settlers to their early interactions, right through to the struggle that Aborigines would experience to retain their land and cultural traditions, the website is an excellent educational tool in developing this historical knowledge. 

Lore of the Land provides focus questions for Victorian secondary students studying Indigenous culture and history. From this site teachers can order the award-winning Lore of the Land CD-Rom

http://www.loreoftheland.com.au/teaching/index.html

Gary Foley’s Koori History Website

Provides an extensive student resources listing and other topics including Essays by Gary Foley, Great Moments in Koori History, Martyrs of the Koori Resistance, Race , Aborigines and Australian Cartoonists, Koori History Photo album, News and Views, amongst others. http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/

For Teachers

Background Reading

Catholic Education Office Essential learning:

http://www.yarrahealing.catholic.edu.au/teaching-learning/index.cfm?loadref=47

Curriculum Materials

Primary

Australian Identity: Who is Australian? This site contains lesson ideas and course materials for a lesson on multicultural identity, situated within English, Drama or Geography

http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/lessons/viewLesson/Australian-Identity-Who-is-an-Australian.90

Secondary

National Museum of Australia - 1967 Referendum: This unit of work for VELS 5 and above helps students to interrogate the NMA’s 1967 referendum website and related resources, and in doing so to come to a better understanding of this important event.

http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/civics_and_citizenship/1967_referendum/

National Museum of Australia – resistance to colonisation: This site contains curriculum materials appropriate for secondary students.

http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/permanent_exhibitions/resistance/ 

Australian Human Rights Commission – Face the Facts: Face the Facts provides teaching notes and worksheets focussing on the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in regard to work, health, education, housing, criminal justice and the historical effects of government policies of separation. The site also provides detailed VELS curriculum links for each unit.

http://www.hreoc.gov.au/education/face_facts/index.html#4 

Australian Human Rights Commission – Bringing them home module: This site provides an in-depth, cross curricular module regarding the Stolen Generations.

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/bth/index.html 

State Library of Victoria source studies: contain worksheets, activities and teacher notes connecting to Aboriginal identity and culture aimed at VELS Levels 5, 6 and VCE.   

VELS 5 http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/indigenous_australians

VELS 6 http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/prejudice_in_children_s_books

VCE http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/the_impact_of_colonisation

http://slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/ergo/john_batmans_treaty

Aligning units with vels

Victorian Essential Learning Standards: The VELS website contains information on how Indigenous content can be included in your teaching area or domain.

http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/support/crosscurricular/indigenous.html