Author Archives: Mr B Toohey

Aboriginal Land Rights

08 Wednesday Jun 2016

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40 word summaries of:

  • Woodward Royal Commission
  • Claiming / Mining
  • Mabo
  • Native Title / Wik / 10 Point Plan

Woodward Royal Commission (p160)

Woodward Royal Commission set up by Whitlam to see how land rights could be set up. Ideals were for providing opportunity, keeping spiritual connection and justice for Aboriginal people who had lost land. Recommendations were to provide compensation, and ways of continuing and strengthening Aboriginal connection with tribal lands. Bill was amended after Dismissal and watered down to suit mining and pastoral businesses.

Romeo & Juliet Assessment Task

07 Tuesday Jun 2016

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OK, so I put it on IMMI trying to be good, but I keep forgetting I put it there so I will put it here too… 🙂

Task Sheet Romeo and Juliet Essay

Students will answer the question in critical essay form : “How does Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic interpretation change or reinforce the key ideas and themes of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ? Reference must be made to specific scenes/episodes in the narrative. (1000 words)

Due Friday 17 June – email it to me by 4:00pm please 🙂

Romeo & Juliet – Crime File

24 Tuesday May 2016

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When you are done reading the play, open Verona Crime File and over the next few lessons, complete the task:

TASK :

  1. Consider the proclamations, petitions and summation by the Prince and his subjects that appear above.
  2. Write a final VERDICT, as Verona’s ruler, that explains who and what it has been that has torn your community apart. Be even-handed and just. Prepare it so it might be read in the market square for everyone’s edification.

1967 Referendum

18 Wednesday May 2016

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Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa8MBL2FpV4

 

Using pp 153-157, write an overview of the 1967 Referendum to give the Federal Government the authority to act for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

You should write three paragraphs:

  1. Why was there a need for the referendum and what was the outcome?
  2. What were the arguments ‘For’?
  3. Why did some people vote ‘Against’?

You should include some examples of people involved.

Social Justice online

17 Tuesday May 2016

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There are a variety of online games which aim to promote an understanding about social justice. In groups of 2-3, you will be allocated one game.

1st half hour

Play it for about 20 min and prepare a short review of it (ppt and email to BT):

  • name & description
  • aspect of social justice it addresses
  • how well it does this
  • what did you learn about the issue?
  • you should include a few screenshots

 

2nd half hour

  • present reviews

 

3rd half hour

  • based on reviews, you may play one or more of these games only!!

 

The Games / Simulations

http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/spent/

Live the life of someone without much money – how to spend limited money, too poor for doctor etc. Location: USA

Poverty in wealthy country: pretty good representation of issues

 http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/sweatshop/

‘Sick game’ where you hire adults or kids (cheaper) to work in a sweatshop, to make products for minimum cost. Fail and the boss swears at you and fires you.

Child Labour / Sweatshop: pretty good – people get injured, crying children, poor working conditions

 http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/wildfire/

Didn’t work

 http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/3rd-world-farmer/

You are a farming family in 3rd world family: drought, illness, poor years, militia. Start with little money, control farming decisions, gives you an ‘annual report yearly’ – health of family – give them medicine. Deaths at young ages (40 or so for parents, kids at 10)

3rd world countries – pretty good

 http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/free-rice/

Play vocab game – definitions / synonyms – you get 10 grains of rice for every correct answer. World Food Programme (UN Agency) – so real people benefit from you playing games. Other languages are there too.

 http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/darfur-is-dying/

You are a kid who goes to collect water (about 4km each way) while avoiding militia / soldiers.

Shows poverty, conflict, access to drinking water

 http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/ayiti-the-cost-of-life/

Role play as a family below the poverty line in Haiti – how to survive by working, paying bills etc. Pick a life path and follow it through.

Showed how hard it is to earn money and keep family healthy. Badly affected by things we wouldn’t expect etc.

http://ncase.me/polygons/ 

‘The parable of the polygons’: segregation in society

 

Or the menu is here – choose one from the categories of:
Poverty
Human Rights