Aboriginal Perspectives in the Primary History Classroom
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The document provides suggestions for teaching Australian history from Aboriginal perspectives in primary schools. It suggests focusing on Aboriginal art, inventions, land management techniques, housing, clothing, and military resistance against colonization. Specific topics recommended include mining for ochres, Macassan contact with Australia, fish traps, and memorials to Aboriginal resistance fighters. The document argues for recognizing Aboriginal people as the original explorers and inhabitants of Australia.
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- 1. Aboriginal Perspectives in the Primary School Curriculum A Presentation by Lisa Hill Based on ideas from the History Summer School for Teachers, Canberra 2008 Please be aware that this presentation contains the names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are or may be deceased.
- 7. Why is this one famous? Cave painting of bison in Lascaux, France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lascaux-aurochs.jpg
- 10. An attitudinal shift is needed…
- 11. Kids love discovering indigenous art if they are guided to understand its styles and symbols.
- 12. Aston martin http://www.astonmanor.bham.sch.uk/learningzone/art/movements/aboriginal/ aboriginalart.htm Didges we do http:// www.didgeswedoo.com .au/ aboriginals.html Aboriginal art for sale sites e.g. http:// aboriginalart.com.au / gallery/ iconography.html Useful websites
- 42. Find out where you belong… I belong in Melbourne, home of the Wurundjeri People, and I would like to know their stories, as part of my cultural heritage.
Editor's Notes
- had no idea that the Apology to the Stolen Generations was going to happen so soon, and that a lot of the controversy surrounding it would simply melt away. The so-called ‘history wars’ which filled the newspapers and academic institutions with passionate argument and counter-argument seem to have vanished too. I think that what the Apology showed – with its symbolism and theatre and elements of traditional ceremony - was that no one needs to feel that the achievements of the Australian people are belittled in any way by acknowledging our Aboriginal history and the mistakes that were made. Today I want to show you some ideas that were presented at the History Summer School and illustrate how they can be addressed in a primary school context. There were four presentations on the theme of Aboriginal history and culture. Prof Howard Morphy showed us how to interpret Aboriginal paintings from the Yolnu people, Prof Henry Reynolds suggested ways in which frontier conflict could be taught in schools, Dr Tim Rowse talked about how the passage of Land Rights legislation was affected by public opinion polling and Margo Northey presented some tantalising ideas about how we could include Aboriginal perspectives in the curriculum.