1. Lesson 4 - The fight for civil rights beyond Australia's borders

2. From last lesson
Why was it so difficult for indigenous parents to contests the
removal of their children?
Courts to which they might have appealed were often far
from the Indigenous communities. Parents received no legal
assistance and legal costs were high. Others would not have
known their legal rights

3. Outcomes (What you need to know and be able to do)
•Explain the importance of Herbert Vere Evatt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr to the
broader civil rights leader.
•Teach your peers about one of the civil rights leaders above

4. Racism is based on the belief that a person's race determines
their ability and attributes, and that some people are
inherently inferior to others. In the 1930s Hitler invoked racist
theories to justify his persecution of the Jewish people. The
same theories were used to justify racial segregation in the
United States, South Africa and Australia.

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Step 1 - Home Groups (4 students) 20 min
Form groups of 4. Each person in the team will be allocated a civil rights leader (Herbert Vere
Evatt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr)
Each student on the team becomes an expert on one leader. Remaining in your home groups you
have 20min to investigate your leader. As a guide you could cover:
Who
What
Where
How
Were they successful?
Step 2 -Meet in expert groups. (20 min)
by working with members from other teams assigned the corresponding expert topic.
Step 3 - Teach your home group (20 min)
Return to home groups to teach your group about the leader you are now an expert in. 5 min per
person.
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Activity - Jigsaw of Civil rights leaders