Whole School Matters draft manuscript
Community Matters draft manuscript
Getting Started on The Whole School Approach
MindMatters Recognition and Overview
MindMatters Planning Tools
School Audits and Surveys
Curriculum Links
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Community Partnerships
Whole Student Approach
Student Empowerment
School Stories

Enhancing Resilience 1 links to Studies of Society and Environment

Activities & Sessions

Possible Outcomes 

Making agreements

Name wave - page 28

Family cards grouping activity - page 28

Generating rules & expectations - page 29

Refining the rules - page 30

School support for rules - page 30

Rules and expectations task sheet (worksheet) - page 31

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.

Considering identity & culture

Talking about identity and culture - page 89

Definitions - page 90

Caught in the middle position - page 90

Interview - oral history - page 91

Definitions (worksheet) - page 92

‘Caught in the middle’ position (handout) - page 93

Interview (handout) - page 94 - Oral history interview questions

Time, continuity and change

  • Australian narratives and identities have been shaped by 20th century events including major conflicts, waves of immigration, social divisions and changes, and government relations with other nations.
  • Evidence of events in Australian, Asian, Pacific and global settings can be interpreted from different perspectives and values positions.

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
  • Cultural diversity in Australia is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation.
  • Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
  • Contact between cultures has produced movements to improve democratic participation and citizenship rights for specific groups.
  • Cultural research involves following protocols and acting sensitively.

The changing face of Australia

Group membership - page 95

Timeline - page 96

Discussion and research - invasion & migration - pages 96-97

Past class photo - page 97

School based research - page 98

Class of Australia - page 98

Coruna - children and their teacher (handout) - page 99

Time, continuity and change

  • Australian narratives and identities have been shaped by 20th century events including major conflicts, waves of immigration, social divisions and changes, and government relations with other nations.
  • Important ideas of democracy, government and law, citizenship rights and public decision making, and the concepts of power, dissent and civic duty, developed from ancient to modern times and from Eastern and Western cultures.
  • Evidence of events in Australian, Asian, Pacific and global settings can be interpreted from different perspectives and values positions.

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
  • Cultural diversity in Australia is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation.
  • Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
  • Contact between cultures has produced movements to improve democratic participation and citizenship rights for specific groups.
  • Cultural research involves following protocols and acting sensitively. 

Towards tomorrow – stories of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

One story - Mary Graham - pages 100-101

Research ‘before European settlement’ - pages 101-102

Reconciliation - page 103

Discussion - page 103

Presenting the research - page 103

Time, continuity and change

  • Australian narratives and identities have been shaped by 20th century events including major conflicts, waves of immigration, social divisions and changes, and government relations with other nations.
  • Important ideas of democracy, government and law, citizenship rights and public decision making, and the concepts of power, dissent and civic duty, developed from ancient to modern times and from Eastern and Western cultures.
  • Evidence of events in Australian, Asian, Pacific and global settings can be interpreted from different perspectives and values positions. 

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
  • Cultural diversity in Australia is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation.
  • Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
  • Contact between cultures has produced movements to improve democratic participation and citizenship rights for specific groups.
  • Cultural research involves following protocols and acting sensitively.

This is Australia

This is Australia - page 104

This is Australia - ideas for presentations (handout) - page 105

Time, continuity and change

  • Australian narratives and identities have been shaped by 20th century events including major conflicts, waves of immigration, social divisions and changes, and government relations with other nations.
  • Important ideas of democracy, government and law, citizenship rights and public decision making, and the concepts of power, dissent and civic duty, developed from ancient to modern times and from Eastern and Western cultures.
  • Evidence of events in Australian, Asian, Pacific and global settings can be interpreted from different perspectives and values positions.

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
  • Cultural diversity in Australia is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation.
  • Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
  • Contact between cultures has produced movements to improve democratic participation and citizenship rights for specific groups.
  • Cultural research involves following protocols and acting sensitively.

Political and economic systems

  • Australia’s government systems are based on liberal democratic principles, including the ‘common good’ and parliamentary elections, perform functions, including developing policy and formulating legislation, and have institutions and instruments, including the High Court and Acts of Parliament.
  • Australia’s legal and justice systems are based on principles, including an independent judiciary, perform functions, including the protection of rights, and use different types of law and courts.
  • Australian citizenship involves recognising global perspectives and balancing majority rule against respecting minority interests.