2. The First Truly Global Civilisation
ACSA 2013
Cameron Paterson
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5. What Kind Of Asian Are You?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embe
dded&v=DWynJkN5HbQ
6. The Ho Chi Minh Trail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poE_nNW9-yk
7. “Great insight into an area of the war we often gloss over. How many wars
have been won on the backs of engineers?!”
“Very interesting. I’d heard of the trail but I had no idea how important it was
to the outcome of this shocking war.”
“i <3 pure, unbiased education. thank you TED”
“Glad we're embracing the military might of both sides, not just the battles
the west wins.”
“Definitely great to get a new perspective of the Vietnam War!”
“more informative than most of our constipatedamerican documentaries”
“Thank you, this video made history easy to remember and it was done with
good research. The information is presented clearly, in a very logical way.”
8. “I don’t often dislike the ted videos but this one
was really biased. Little actual information with
factual backup. And a clear one-sidedness on the
recollection of the war. (Mel)
9. “Thank American for making gravel for us.
Btw, Nice video, thanks. Greating from Vietnam
” (Minh Ngo)
“Thanks from Vietnam” (Manh Cuong)
“I’m proud to be a Vietnamese. And btw,very
interesting video!” (thiendeptrai95)
“Thank TEDEd for making this! Greeting from
Vietnam ” (Krone Nguyen)
10. “I know this is supposed to be an unbiased
history lesson but as a daughter of South
Vietnam, who still calls her home Saigon, having
lost family through communist re-education
camps, and carries the yellow and red striped
flag, I will forever have anger and resentment
towards this “genius” trail for the painful price
my family has had to pay.” (nhabu11)
11. The Americans weren’t beaten by a narrow dirt
road, it had to be by “one of the greatest
military engineering achievements of the 20th
century”… (Nigel McKee)
15. “You have helped us understand the Turkish side to World
War One, which we had no idea about. We learned how the
Ottoman Empire shrank to being the size of Turkey. We
learned how the Turkish people really want to remember the
men and women who died in the war fighting for their
country, and we also learned about Mustafa Kemal becoming
president of the republic and creating a new political system
and giving power to women. We are proud that Turkey and
Australia are now such good friends.”
My students’ response to Turkey
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17. Year 9 Reflections 2012
We have worked with people worldwide
We have seen different points of view
We have seen what other countries think about history
We have thought about stuff differently
We have found unseen truths
We have learned about both sides and views of wars
We have gone beyond the textbook
We have made global connections
We have learned about how we glorify Australian soldiers
We have learned that we only study history from an Australian point of view
The Anzacs might not have been the legends that history makes out
We have looked at different perspectives
The Anzacs were not perfect
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19. “I have definitely learned a lot about the other
countries that the participants of this project are from.
Through the text and pictures that others have shared,
the stereotypes that I previously had of certain
countries were broken. I have also learned a lot about
how the world is all connected. Whether or not we are
aware of it, our actions can affect other people on the
other side of the world. This project really highlights
that, and I have definitely gained new insight on how
we are all part of a global community.”
(Out of Eden student post)
20. Stage 4 & 5 History
•Explain how the Asian society was changed by its contact
with European power(s)
•Identify features of the Asian society that were unaffected
by contact with Europeans
•Discuss the positive and negative consequences of contact
between the Asian society and the European powers during
this period
•Assess the significance of ONE key event involving an Asian
society and a European power, using sources to identify
different perspectives of the event at the time
•Outline the nature of the contact of the Asian society with
European power(s)
•Explain how Australia’s changing migration policies have
affected relationships with other nations.
28. “How easy it is to dehumanise one’s
adversaries when you peer at them
through the lens of a drone, rather than
work beside them in some common
endeavour. And consider how many of
our problems today are problems that
cross national boundaries, and how easy
it would be to share the burden and
excitement of problem-solving as well.”
Jeffrey Sachs
29. "We are witnessing the
birth of the world's first
truly global civilization."
(Al Gore, The Future)
