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Monday, June 23, 2008

Year 11 - Legal Studies

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7 Ways ATSI

Aboriginal Legal Service

STOLEN GENERATION

SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMISSIONER
www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/index.html

Explain the meaning of Yothu Yindi’s song Treaty

Write a rhyme to remember the nature and purpose of Racial Vilification Laws

Select a Torres Strait Islander song and explain how it differs from Aboriginal songs

Create a music mix of one Aboriginal and one non-Aboriginal track. Suggest why your mix differs from assimilation policies of the post-war era

NATIONAL SORRY DAY
www.nsdc.org.au/
Organise a rock concert for National Sorry Day. State bands/artists as well as tracks they would play. Evaluate its effectiveness in promoting reconciliation
ANUNGA RULES
www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/rciadic/individual/brm_scg/40.html

Aboriginal Legal Service

Explain the influence of these Aboriginal People:
- Pat O’Shane
- Warren Mundine

Explain the doctrine of Terra Nullius. Then Survey 5 students and 5 staff about their views on Terra Nullius

Circle Sentencing

Create a list of five questions you would ask Pemulwuy if you met him. Who was he? Explain why you would ask these questions.

Investigate the nature and purpose of Aboriginal Land Councils.
Evaluate their effectiveness. Include discussion of inalienable title

Identify three Conventions or Treaties which seek to recognise the Collective Right to Self Determination

Explain the nature and purpose of the ‘Anunga rules

Present a 300 word summary of the influence of Aboriginal customary law on the Australian legal system

Create your own Preamble to the Constitution in 500 words. Be inclusive of Aboriginal perspective.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Year 10 English - Mississippi Burning


Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime drama film based on the investigation into the real-life murders of three civil rights workers in the U.S. state of Mississippi in 1964.

Background information

Ku Klux Klan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_klux_klan

FBI

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/text.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation

Robert Kennedy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kennedy

Lyndon B Johnson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B_Johnson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B_Johnson#Civil_rights

Martin Luther King

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_luther_king

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

J Edgar Hoover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/hoover.htm

Mississippi Freedom schools

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Schools

Civil rights movement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement#Civil_Rights_Movement_in_the_United_States

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/missippi.html

Segregation in the US

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761580651/segregation_in_the_united_states.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States

Mississippi (state)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi#History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi#Education

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

HISTORICAL CONTEXT of REMEMBER THE TITANS - Year 10 English


In preparation for your first viewing of Remember the Titans research to find answers to the following questions:

Contextual Reference 1: Martin Luther King Jnr
a) Who was Martin Luther King Jnr?
b) What did he do?
c) What was his attitude to racial segregation in the United States?
d) What action did Martin Luther King Jnr take to improve race relations?

Websites: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/king_martin_luther.shtml

Contextual Reference 2: Black Power Salute
a) What was the Black Power Salute?
b) Who was involved?
c) When and where did this salute happen?
d) Why did the athletes make this salute?
e) What did the salute represent?

Websites:
https://coral.uchicago.edu:8443/display/chicago68/Black+Power+Salute+at+Mexico+City+Olympic+Gameshttp://www.infoplease.com/spot/summer-olympics-mexico-city.html


Contextual Reference 3: The Battle of Gettysburg
a) The Battle of Gettysburg was part of the American civil war – Why did the civil war begin? Who was fighting who? About what?
b) How many casualties were there?
Website:
http://www.gettysburg.com/bog/bogstory/story1.htm (Read page 1 and 2)http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/pa002.htm


Contextual Reference 4: The Integration of Schools
Go to the following website http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

a) What happened in 1971?
b) Click on the word ‘integration’ and explain what this event, as part of the civil rights movement, referred to?