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= **Colonisation vs Invasion:** = =** Looking at reconciliation and building relationships **=

Watch this video as inspiration for your group project: [|Behind the News: NAIDOC week in schools]

__**Part A**__ Look back at the history of the Aboriginal people, via reliable sources, to form your own opinion and attitude towards the history of Australia.

Useful Resources: [|• SBS First Australians series] [|• Behind the News] [|• ABC website]

__**Part B**__ Your task is to investigate current attitudes of Australian people towards the Aboriginal people and culture. This may be in the form of a survey, brainstorm, newspaper articles, case studies, past events, interview etc

You may consider the following issues:
 * The walking across the bridge for reconciliation
 * Ask people what they take 'The Stolen generation' to mean
 * What to people see the significance of celebrating Australia Day to mean
 * What do Australians value about Aboriginal culture
 * Tent Embassy

Useful Resources: The Stolen Generation media type="custom" key="13480380"

Government Apology (Behind the News) media type="custom" key="13480088"

[|Survival Day or Australia Day?]

__**Part C**__ Colonization or Invasion? This question, at its core, has no finite answer and one must explore both sides of the issue. You will be holding a debate to argue each perspective of the statement above. You are to divide the group based on like opinions to form the affirmative and negative sides. Each side will group to discuss their points and further research if required to plan your arguments. Please refer to the following document to revise the roles within a debate team and the structure over all.



Note : Students engage in various discussions when given a topic and asked to take a stance using [|Edward De Bono's Six Thinking Hats]

You may like to have a fellow classmate film your debate to enable you to share it with the class and wider school community during the exhibition phase of your projects.

__**Part D**__ Independently create posters promoting National Reconciliation Week to hang in your school, building cultural awareness of Australia's rich Aboriginal heritage and first beginnings. You can choose to paint, use computer software, hand drawn/scanned designs, etchings using lino or you might want to use a mix of materials relevant to Indigenous culture (eg. leaves, sand, rocks, bark etc).

Looking at how you'll be assessed.