3.6 Assimilation Policy Green

1. CHANGING RIGHTS AND
FREEDOMS
Topic Two

2. The Big Idea
WE VALUE ALL
PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE

3. Assimilation Policy
Learning Goal
◻ To understand what the cause, impact and process of the
Assimilation policy
Success Criteria
1. I can explain what the Aboriginal Protection Board was.
2. I can explain what a reserve is and describe some of the features.

4. Starter – 5 minutes
◻ Read this as a class and develop your own definition of the
Assimilation Policy

5. The Basics
◻ In 1937, the Commonwealth
Government held a national
conference on Aboriginal
affairs which agreed that
Aboriginal people ‘not of full
blood’ should be absorbed or
‘assimilated’ into the wider
population.

6. The Basics (Cont) - copy this
◻ Protection and assimilation policies which impacted harshly
on Indigenous people included separate education for
Aboriginal children, town curfews, alcohol bans, no social
security, lower wages, State guardianship of all Aboriginal
children

7. Video Clip
◻ Watch the following video and select 3-5 pieces of information
that you feel are important.
◻ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_C_EKI-cig

8. Text questions
• Read the Assimilation Policy
section on page 33-34
• Individually answer the source
questions below

9. Extension
◻ Based on what you have covered in class today, what do you
think could be the potential long term impacts of the
Assimilation Policy?

10. Recap & exit tickets
Success Criteria
1. I can explain what the Assimilation policy was and explain its
cause and impact.
Exit Ticket