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<strong>Contents</strong><br />

Facilitator guide<br />

Overview of topic 3<br />

Background to this topic 3<br />

Structure of the topic 3<br />

CGEA and ACSF/NRS mapping 4<br />

Imported Units 5<br />

Employability skills 5<br />

Delivery of the topic 6<br />

Assessment 7<br />

Hands 2: Community<br />

Activities 14<br />

Summary of assessment 32<br />

VBQU120 Engage with simple texts for learning purposes 32<br />

VBQU124 Create simple texts for learning purposes 32<br />

VBQU168 Access the internet for language learning 33<br />

Summary of handouts for this topic 34<br />

Resources 35<br />

General 35<br />

Protocol 35<br />

Apology 35<br />

National Sorry Day 36<br />

Stolen Generation 36<br />

Teaching resources in hard copy 37<br />

Appendix A: Reading Checklist CGEA 1 (initial level) 38<br />

Appendix B: Reading Checklist CGEA 1 (introductory level) 39


21770VIC Course in Initial General Education for Adults<br />

Hands 2: Community<br />

Overview of topic<br />

The activities and resources in this topic explore the idea of hands as<br />

symbols of connection to community and culture. The topic draws on<br />

a variety of research skills and community based activities to develop<br />

literacy, social capital and employability skills of learners.<br />

While these activities have been particularly developed to support<br />

Indigenous learners, they have application to a range of learners and<br />

learning environments. Many of the activities focus on developing<br />

computer based skills and completion of the topic will enable<br />

learners to achieve VBQU168 Access the internet for language learning. If<br />

computer support is not available, most activities can be undertaken<br />

with minimum adaptation. Exceptions to this are activities two:<br />

Skimming, scanning and locating information on the internet and seven:<br />

The Sea of Hands.<br />

Background to this topic<br />

The approach to the topic, and some activities and resources, have<br />

been developed in collaboration with Anne Mahon and Eva Sahanna<br />

of Centacare, Western Australia.<br />

Structure of the topic<br />

This topic is the second of two using the motif of hands. It is linked<br />

to the resource bank topic Hands 1: Identity but may be delivered<br />

separately.<br />

It consists of a series of resources and activities, which focus on<br />

the concept of hands, to support the development of reading,<br />

writing, computer based learning and oral communication skills<br />

from the perspective of gathering, recording and communicating<br />

information. Some of these activities relate directly to the image<br />

of hands empowering individuals within a community, such as<br />

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the Sea of Hands activities. Others are more loosely connected to<br />

the concept of hands linking individuals within communities, and<br />

symbolically carrying forward the traditions of cultural identity<br />

within communities.<br />

Reference to the Stolen Generation<br />

The issue of the Stolen Generation is an important theme for<br />

exploring community and tradition for indigenous learners; however,<br />

no specific activity on the Stolen Generation has been developed for<br />

inclusion in this topic (although Kevin Rudd’s Apology is included for<br />

reading and discussion). This is because exploring this issue directly<br />

requires sensitivity to the needs of particular learners and groups of<br />

learners. Some excellent teaching resources have been developed for<br />

exploring issues concerning the Stolen Generation (see the HREOC<br />

site referenced in the Resources) and it is recommended that teachers<br />

explore these resources and incorporate them into their program<br />

delivery as appropriate to their particular learner group. Teachers can<br />

then feel confident that they have approached this issue in a way that<br />

is respectful to the needs of their learners.<br />

CGEA and ACSF/NRS mapping<br />

The table identifies the relationship of the CGEA units to the<br />

performance indicators of the ACSF and the NRS and units from the<br />

Mumgu-dhal tyama tiyt certificates. Table 1 identifies CGEA language<br />

units VBQU120 Engage with simple texts or learning purposes, VBQU create<br />

simple texts for learning purposes and VBQU168 Access the internet for<br />

language learning .<br />

While the topic also provides many opportunities for development<br />

and assessment of oral communication skills, assessment of oral<br />

communication is not central to the assessment design of the topic<br />

and oral communication has not therefore been formerly included in<br />

the mapping. See comments under Assessment below.<br />

With the exception of VBQU168 Access the internet for language learning,<br />

learning strategies have not been formally included in the alignment.<br />

See comments under Assessment below<br />

The topic is designed to be delivered through the CGEA with the<br />

appropriate ACSF/NRS level and indicators identified and aligned as<br />

closely as possible. Teachers need to be aware that an alignment is not


Hands 2: Community, Facilitator Guide 5<br />

always a neat equation because the CGEA and the ACSF are inherently<br />

different in their purposes. In addition, particular circumstances of<br />

delivery (e.g. context, support) and differences between individual<br />

learners (e.g. background knowledge in one Aspect but not another)<br />

will affect performance in any given ACSF/NRS Indicator. The<br />

activities support attainment of the CGEA units identified and provide<br />

evidence towards ACSF/NRS performance in the relevant indicators.<br />

In some cases this may provide complete evidence; however, teachers<br />

need to review the alignment, the circumstances of delivery and<br />

individual responses to the tasks and vary alignment as appropriate.<br />

Imported Units<br />

This topic has been linked where appropriate to the units from the<br />

indigenous curriculum, 21861VIC Certificate II Mumgu-dhal tyama-tiyt.<br />

Activities for this topic may also contribute significantly to the CGEA<br />

imported module VBQM479 Indigenous Australia. For CGEA Certificate<br />

1 Introductory; however, further activities concerning the history of<br />

Indigenous Australia would need to be added to the topic .<br />

Employability skills<br />

The activities described in this unit relate to Employability Skills.<br />

These have been linked directly to the learning and assessment<br />

activities within the unit. Employability Skills have been a part of the<br />

delivery and assessment of Language, Literacy and Numeracy courses<br />

for a number of years. They are also referred to as generic skill, life<br />

skills, key competencies and lifelong learning skills. Development of<br />

Employability Skills enhances students’ opportunities to participate<br />

more fully in the community and in further education, as well as<br />

developing the skills that employers have nominated as being critical.<br />

It is a common understanding that Employability Skills are best<br />

developed in context so it is important to identify how and when<br />

these skills can be developed. It is also critical that teachers are<br />

explicit about the development of these skills so that students can<br />

develop the knowledge and learn how to apply Employability Skills in<br />

the appropriate context.<br />

In the table below we have identified opportunities for students<br />

to develop and demonstrate Employability Skills. However, it is<br />

important that teachers use these opportunities to incorporate the


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teaching and assessment of Employability Skills. For example, a<br />

particular activity might suggest that students work in teams. In this<br />

instance teachers need to explicitly address the skills of being a good<br />

team member so that students understand this skill and learn when it<br />

might be put to good use.<br />

For more information on identifying and applying Employability<br />

Skills in Language Literacy and Numeracy teaching please see<br />

Making the Link Employability Skills and Further Education Casarotti, N<br />

Commonwealth of Australia, 2007<br />

Delivery of the topic<br />

The following features are recommended for delivery of this topic:<br />

A mix of foreground and background delivery<br />

In order to foster flexibility and variety of delivery, it is recommended<br />

that the selected activities take place through a mixture of focused<br />

foreground delivery and ongoing background learning. This allows<br />

several activities to be co-delivered within a particular training session<br />

and enables learners to move between learning styles. (E.g. from direct<br />

teacher/learner engagement in an activity to one requiring more<br />

independent, self paced learning; or from more formal, instructional<br />

learning to more creative learning).<br />

Flexibility in selection of activities and resources<br />

The activities of this resource are not sequential, so teachers may<br />

select and sequence those activities to suit their learners’ interests and<br />

particular learning contexts. The activities and handouts have been<br />

broadly developed for learners with reading and writing skills at CGEA<br />

Certificate 1 (Introductory); however, most of these activities may be<br />

extended to accommodate the needs of learners operating at higher<br />

levels of the CGEA.<br />

Code switching<br />

This resource acknowledges the importance of home language,<br />

Aboriginal English and standard Australian English to Aboriginal<br />

learners; however, this section of the resource does not offer particular<br />

activities or handouts on Aboriginal English or home language. This<br />

is partly because many of the reading and writing activities are about<br />

learning to use language within the context of particular registers and<br />

for particular social purposes. Teachers may adapt the activities to


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accommodate home language and Aboriginal English as appropriate to<br />

their particular learner needs.<br />

Assessment<br />

The assessment for this unit has been integrated with delivery. The<br />

CGEA performance criteria for reading and writing units VBQU<br />

120, VBQU124, and the computer unit VBQU168 have been detailed<br />

against each activity. Table 2 shows how the activities and assessments<br />

have been designed to meet the elements and performance criteria of<br />

these units. Recommended key assessments for each of these units are<br />

located at the end of the activities section.<br />

While the activities for this topic also provide opportunities for the<br />

assessment of oral communication skills, they have not been formally<br />

identified in the activities and assessment table. As stated above,<br />

teachers may wish to incorporate the following CGEA units into the<br />

assessment of this oral communication as appropriate to the needs of<br />

individual learners:<br />

• VBQU170 Communicate with others in familiar and predictable<br />

contexts<br />

• VPAU107 Use presentation skills<br />

In addition, while teachers may not identify appropriate CGEA oral<br />

communication units for their learners, engagement in the topic will<br />

still provide rich opportunities for gathering and documenting ACSF/<br />

NRS evidence of performance in Oral Communication.<br />

This topic does not identify a direct alignment between the CGEA<br />

units and the ACSF/NRS in learning strategies, therefore this skill is<br />

not identified in table 1. (An exception to this is VBQU168 Access the<br />

internet for language learning which has been aligned with ACSF 2.02.).<br />

ACSF/NRS Learning Strategies are embedded in all activities and these<br />

activities will provide teachers with many opportunities to gather<br />

evidence for development of this skill.


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Table 1 CGEA – ACSF/NRS mapping grid<br />

ACSF levels<br />

CGEA Element and indicators NRS levels and indicators Imported units<br />

VBQU120 Engage with simple texts or learning purposes<br />

1 Locate specific I<br />

formation in simple<br />

texts relevant t to the<br />

learning environment<br />

2 Read and interpret<br />

short, explicit texts<br />

relevant to the learning<br />

environment.<br />

2.03 Identifies and<br />

interprets relevant<br />

information within<br />

familiar contexts<br />

2.04 Uses a number of<br />

reading strategies to<br />

identify and locate relevant<br />

information within<br />

familiar text types.<br />

2.1 Reads and interprets short<br />

simple texts on personally relevant<br />

topic.<br />

2.2 Locates specific information<br />

relating to familiar contexts in a<br />

text which may contain data in<br />

simple graphic, diagrammatic,<br />

formatted or visual form.<br />

There is no<br />

parallel unit to<br />

unit mapping<br />

to the CGEA,<br />

however, the<br />

activities for<br />

CGEA VBQU120<br />

and VBQU21859<br />

will allow<br />

learners to<br />

achieve the<br />

following<br />

units in VIC<br />

Certificate 1 in<br />

Mumgu-dhal<br />

tyama-tiyt.<br />

VPAU122<br />

Investigate<br />

and present<br />

on features of<br />

indigenous<br />

culture<br />

VPAU101Work<br />

with indigenous<br />

community<br />

members<br />

VPAU105 profile<br />

an indigenous<br />

person or<br />

community<br />

organisation<br />

VBQU124 Create simple texts for learning purposes<br />

1 Describe simple<br />

text types relevant to<br />

learning<br />

2 Prepare simple text in<br />

the learning context<br />

3 Produce simple text in<br />

the learning context<br />

2.05 Conveys intended<br />

meaning on familiar topics<br />

for a limited range of<br />

purposes and audience<br />

2.06 Produces familiar<br />

text types using simple<br />

vocabulary, grammatical<br />

structures and conventions<br />

2.3 Writes about a familiar<br />

topic using simple sentence<br />

structure and joining ideas<br />

through conjunctive links where<br />

appropriate.<br />

2.4 Completes forms or writes<br />

notes using factual or personal<br />

information relating to familiar<br />

contexts.<br />

There is no<br />

parallel unit to<br />

unit mapping<br />

to the CGEA,<br />

however, the<br />

activities for<br />

CGEA VBQU120<br />

and VBQU21859<br />

will allow<br />

learners to<br />

achieve the<br />

following<br />

units in VIC<br />

Certificate 1 in<br />

Mumgu-dhal<br />

tyama-tiyt.<br />

21859VIC<br />

Certificate 1 in


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Table 1 CGEA – ACSF/NRS mapping grid – continued<br />

ACSF levels<br />

CGEA Element and indicators NRS levels and indicators Imported units<br />

Mumgu-dhal<br />

tyama-tiyt<br />

VPAU122<br />

Investigate<br />

and present<br />

on features of<br />

indigenous<br />

culture<br />

VPAU101Work<br />

with indigenous<br />

community<br />

members<br />

VPAU105 profile<br />

an indigenous<br />

person or<br />

community<br />

organisation<br />

VBQU168 Access the internet for langiuage learning<br />

1 Identify types of<br />

information available<br />

on the internet<br />

2 Complete online<br />

language learning<br />

activities<br />

3 Communicate using<br />

simple email messages<br />

Provides evidence for:<br />

2.02 Applies a limited range<br />

of learning strategies in<br />

structured and familiar<br />

contexts<br />

2.03 Identifies and<br />

interprets relevant<br />

information within<br />

familiar contexts<br />

2.04 Uses a number of<br />

reading strategies to<br />

identify and locate relevant<br />

information within<br />

familiar text types<br />

2.06 Produces familiar<br />

text types using simple<br />

vocabulary, grammatical<br />

structures and conventions<br />

.<br />

2.1 Reads and interprets short<br />

simple texts on a personally<br />

relevant topic.<br />

2..2 Locates specific information<br />

relating to familiar contexts in a<br />

text which may contain data in<br />

simple graphic, diagrammatic,<br />

formatted or visual form.<br />

2.4 Completes forms or writes<br />

notes using factual or personal<br />

information relating to familiar<br />

contexts.<br />

.<br />

While there is<br />

no parallel unit<br />

to unit mapping<br />

to the CGEA,<br />

the activities<br />

for CGEA unit<br />

VBQU168 will<br />

contribute<br />

to learners<br />

achievement of<br />

the following<br />

units in VIC<br />

Certificate 1 in<br />

Mumgu-dhal<br />

tyama-tiyt.<br />

21859VIC<br />

Certificate 1 in<br />

Mumgu-dhal<br />

tyama-tiyt<br />

VPAU105 profile<br />

an indigenous<br />

person or<br />

community<br />

organisation<br />

VPAU106<br />

Participate<br />

in current<br />

indigenous<br />

events of<br />

significance


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Table 2: Activity, assessment and outcome guide<br />

Activities Assessment CGEA performance criteria Employability skills<br />

Activity 1: Sharing and talking about culture<br />

Handout 1: Talking about culture<br />

Handout 2: Self Evaluation<br />

Reading: Questions on presentation<br />

prompt sheet; reading and completing<br />

self-assessment form<br />

Writing: Completion of handouts 1<br />

and 2, Email message<br />

Internet learning: Send/receive<br />

feedback email<br />

Oral communication: Observation of<br />

presentation<br />

Completion of self-assessment sheet:<br />

Complete in consultation with teacher<br />

VBQU120<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.2, 2.3, 2.4<br />

VBQU124<br />

• 1.2<br />

• 2.1<br />

• 3.1<br />

VBQU168<br />

• 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 , 3.6<br />

Communication<br />

Teamwork<br />

Problem solving<br />

Self management learning<br />

Activity 2: Skimming, scanning and locating information on the internet<br />

Handout 3: Deadly Acheivers<br />

Handout 4: Thinking about the<br />

information<br />

Reading tasks include: Research task.<br />

Teacher observation of engagement in<br />

task. Completion of handout 4<br />

Internet learning: Observation of<br />

engagement in task and discussion.<br />

Writing: Completion of task in<br />

handout 3<br />

VBQU120<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5<br />

VBQU124<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2,<br />

• 3.1, 3.2, 3.3<br />

VBQU168<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,<br />

• 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4<br />

Communication<br />

Teamwork<br />

Learning<br />

Technology


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Activity 3: Indigenous heroes<br />

Handout 5 (optional)<br />

Handout 6 Profile of a community<br />

leader/inspiring person<br />

Reading Completion of handout 6 and<br />

poster<br />

Writing: Notes in handout 6;<br />

Production of poster<br />

Internet learning<br />

Activity 4: Profile a local indigenous community organisation<br />

Handout 7: Draft Information flyer<br />

Handout 8: Sample thank you letter<br />

Reading: Notes from interview to put<br />

in flyer; discussion of format for thank<br />

you letter<br />

Writing: Notes from tape/taken at<br />

interview, production of flyer, thank<br />

you letter or card.<br />

Oral communication: Teacher<br />

observation in discussion; completion<br />

of interview<br />

Activity 5: Reading Koori Mail online<br />

Handout 9: Reading the Koori Mail<br />

Reading: Observation of engagement<br />

in online reading (Use Reading<br />

checklist – see appendix 1);<br />

completion of Handout 9<br />

Internet learning: Completion of<br />

handout 9<br />

VBQU120<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,<br />

• 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5<br />

VBQU124<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,<br />

• 2.1, 2.2<br />

• 3.1, 3.2, 3.3<br />

VBQU168<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,<br />

• 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4<br />

VBQU120<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5<br />

VBQU124<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2,<br />

• 3.1, 3.2, 3.3<br />

VBQU120<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5<br />

VBQU168<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.2, 2.3, 2.4<br />

• 3.1,3.2, 3.4, 3.6<br />

Communication<br />

Self management<br />

Learning<br />

Technology<br />

Communication<br />

Teamwork<br />

Initiative and enterprise<br />

Self management<br />

Learning<br />

Technology<br />

Communication<br />

Learning<br />

Technology


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Table 2: Activity, assessment and outcome guide – continued<br />

Activities Assessment CGEA performance criteria Employability skills<br />

Activity 6: Catching and passing around ideas – debating a community issue<br />

Part A: Reading<br />

Handout 10: Should AFL and NRL<br />

players be role models for kids?<br />

Handout 11: Questions about the text<br />

Part B: Discussion of issues<br />

Handout 12<br />

Part C: Writing<br />

Handout 13 Writing about the issue<br />

Handout 14 Extension activities<br />

Reading: Observation of engagement in<br />

discussion; completion of handout 11<br />

Writing: Completion of handout 11, 13<br />

Extension activities for CGEA 1:<br />

Completion of tasks in handout 14<br />

VBQU120<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4,2.5<br />

VBQU124<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2<br />

• 3.1, 3.2, 3.3<br />

Communication<br />

Initiative and enterprise<br />

Teamwork<br />

Problem solving<br />

Activity 7: Sea of Hands<br />

Part A: Reading<br />

Handout 15: About the Sea of Hands<br />

Handout 16: Writing about the Sea of<br />

Hands<br />

Part B: Interacting with the Sea of Hands<br />

Handout 17<br />

Part C: Extension activity reading<br />

justice statement<br />

Part D: Email about the Sea of Hands<br />

Reading : Completed handout and<br />

observation of discussion from the<br />

ANTAR photo gallery and the handout<br />

Writing: Completion of handout 16;<br />

Completion of the email /memo in<br />

part d of activity<br />

Internet learning: Accessing Sea of<br />

Hands; navigating site locations; using<br />

interactive sea to read messages on<br />

hands/go through steps of joining the<br />

sea<br />

Extension activity: Teacher<br />

observation<br />

Email giving feedback about the Sea<br />

of Hands<br />

VBQU120<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5<br />

VBQU124<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1, 2.2<br />

• 3.1, 3.2, 3.3<br />

VBQU168<br />

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1,2.2, 2.3, 2.4,<br />

• 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6<br />

Communication<br />

Teamwork<br />

Technology<br />

Teamwork<br />

Problem solving<br />

Learning


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Activity 8: The national apology<br />

Handout 18: Kevin Rudd’s Apology<br />

Speech<br />

Reading: Observation of discussion,<br />

completion of group response<br />

Internet learning: Observation of<br />

learner accessing video of speech from<br />

one of the suggested sites<br />

VBQU120<br />

• 1.3<br />

• 2.1,2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5<br />

VBQU168<br />

• 1.1,1.2, 1.3<br />

• 2.1,2.2, 2.3, 2.4<br />

Communication<br />

Teamwork<br />

Initiative and enterprise<br />

Technology


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Activities<br />

Preparation and delivery<br />

The activities focus on the symbolic role hands have in connecting<br />

us to community, through expressing and sharing knowledge and<br />

culture, or working together.


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<br />

Activity 1: Sharing and talking about culture<br />

Maintaining one’s culture, values and traditions is beyond price. Human<br />

beings cannot live without that. We are glad to share our culture with<br />

Europeans and other migrants but we will never give them up.<br />

Getano Lui, jnr Thursday Island, 1994<br />

(Australian Museums online Indigenous site)<br />

• The purpose of this activity is to develop writing and oral<br />

communication skills by celebrating an individual’s connection<br />

to an aspect of their culture that the individual is comfortable<br />

sharing with others.<br />

• Ask learners to think about something that they can identify<br />

within their culture that is important to them. Some of these<br />

things may be tangible objects – e.g. places, objects, artwork,<br />

songs, language – which can be described and named; some may<br />

be intangibles – e.g. relationships, family, spiritual knowledge,<br />

memories.<br />

• Ask them to work in groups of 2–3 and discuss these things. One<br />

person per group could be the writer and each group could list<br />

these things and share their list with those of others. The purpose<br />

of this is to include a broad range of possibilities.<br />

• The teacher can write up a list of these things as the groups<br />

contribute their ideas.<br />

• Discuss with learners: ‘What it is that makes a culture special,<br />

unique?’ ‘What do they think is most important?’ ‘In what way are<br />

these things linked to each other?’<br />

• Ask learners to bring to class something that is important to them<br />

and that links them to their culture. Assure learners that this what<br />

they choose needs to be something that they are happy and feel<br />

comfortable sharing and explaining to others<br />

• Discuss possibilities: these could be real items, such as food,<br />

artwork (or photos of it), or less tangible items such as family<br />

relationships. If less tangible, how could it be shown? E.g. a family<br />

relationships might be shown in a family photo, a special place<br />

by a photo, map, rock, earth. Songs could be used, words of a<br />

language explained, a story told.<br />

• Support learners in organising their presentation. Handout 1 gives<br />

some ideas for guiding the structure to the presentation, but this<br />

will vary according to what is chosen.<br />

• Learners will need some time to prepare for this. Set a date for this<br />

as a cultural sharing/celebrating day.


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• An option for this would be to facilitate cross-cultural sharing<br />

with learners from other cultures. For example, learners from ESL<br />

and indigenous programs could complete the same activity, then<br />

come together to share items from their culture/personal history.<br />

• Learners could complete this activity with a self-assessment of<br />

their own organisational and presentation skills, using the self<br />

assessment guide questions in handout 2.<br />

• Encourage learners to ask questions and give positive feedback to<br />

other presenters.<br />

• Ask learners to send a brief email to other presenters with a<br />

positive message E.g. liked your talk/it was interesting, etc.


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<br />

Activity 2: Skimming, scanning and locating information on the<br />

internet<br />

The purpose of this activity is to develop reading skills by accessing<br />

and looking at online information. The subject, finding out about an<br />

Indigenous “Deadly” winner , is a lead in to Activity 3. Suggest that<br />

learners pair up on a computer, so that there is maximum support.<br />

Ideally those not familiar with accessing information on the internet<br />

can be paired with someone who is more confidant.<br />

Using internet sites to locate information: Pair/group activity<br />

• Ask learners to access http://www.deadlys.vibe.com.au/ and follow<br />

the pathway as in the handout i.e Go to on the menu bar under<br />

The deadlys, Go to read more. This will take you to Deadlys 2008<br />

winners announced.<br />

• Read the text about the Deadlys awards with learners. Discuss<br />

to recap meaning. Questions could include: ‘When/where was<br />

the 2008 Deadlys awards night held?’ ‘Who hosted it and who<br />

performed there?’ ‘What do the Deadlys awards celebrate?’<br />

• Ask learners to scan the award winners to find someone that they<br />

are interested in.<br />

• Explain to learners that you would like them to find out more<br />

about one of the award winners and then complete the task in<br />

handout 3.<br />

• Make sure learners are comfortable with the activity, especially<br />

with process of using a search engine to locate information.<br />

Teachers may need to model this and take learners through the<br />

process using one of the award winners names to demonstrate how<br />

to access a search engine through typing or cutting and pasting<br />

the name of the award winner. Cutting and pasting is useful in<br />

that there are no errors in spelling.<br />

• Learners may wish to work two to a computer in conducting their<br />

research.<br />

• Once learners have used the search engine to access sites about<br />

their chosen person, they will have to skim different sites to find<br />

the information. Explain that it is a good idea to browse a number<br />

of sites to find those that most suit their task and which they are<br />

comfortable reading. Teachers will need to support learners in this<br />

process.<br />

• Stress that not all sites will be suitable, and that they will have<br />

to browse to find the right site. Discuss what sites with .gov, .net,


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and .com mean. How does this affect the kind of information<br />

presented?<br />

• If learners are not familiar with saving information in a word<br />

document, show them how to do this, modeling as required.<br />

• Learners do not need to complete an extensive report for this task.<br />

Handout 3 provides some guidance about the kind of information<br />

that they could collect. Some questions may not be easy to find<br />

the answers for. Assure learners that this is quite OK and they can<br />

discuss this when reporting back and sharing knowledge with<br />

class.<br />

• Once information is saved, learners can store it in a file and<br />

return to it at a later stage to access the information and complete<br />

the assignment. In order to avoid repetition of long tracts of<br />

information, stress to learners that bigger is not better. Just a<br />

sentence or two under each heading is enough. Ask learners to<br />

read the information to make sure that it makes sense. Ask learners<br />

to complete a rough draft of their research, check with teacher to<br />

revise and edit, and write a completed piece of around 250 words.<br />

• Teachers can set time aside so that learners can share their<br />

information with classmates. This does not need to be done as a<br />

formal reading of their work One or two of the most interesting<br />

things about their award winner is enough. Use Handout 4 to<br />

support learners in reflecting on the information. Ask learners to<br />

reflect on their information sites: Questions to stimulate reflection<br />

could include:<br />

––‘Which was the least useful?’<br />

––‘Which was the most useful?’<br />

––‘Which was the easiest to read?’<br />

––‘Which was the most clearly set out?’<br />

These responses can be part of the class discussion. then ask<br />

learners to complete Handout 4 individually.


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<br />

Activity 3: Indigenous heroes<br />

This activity will consolidate learners information gathering skills.<br />

The idea is to gather a broad picture of Indigenous people who<br />

have made significant contributions over time and to share this<br />

information with others. Learners will not be required to complete<br />

a written report, but to use some writing to support oral sharing<br />

of knowledge about social, cultural and political achievements of<br />

Indigenous people over time.<br />

• Ask learners to access handout 5. After scanning the pages, ask<br />

them to select a group under one of the headings. i.e. Warriors<br />

political activists etc. Who could be added to this group? Learners<br />

can negotiate who could be on their list. Discuss in small and large<br />

groups (Many more names could be added – it is a deliberately<br />

incomplete list. This is just a starting point to stimulate reflection.<br />

The point is to customize the list to the particular interests and<br />

contexts of learners. This is not to disrespect the contributions of<br />

others but to limit the task to something that is achievable and<br />

relevant to the needs of learners.)<br />

• Learners may decide to prioritise Indigenous achievers whom they<br />

do not know very much about, and would like to know more.<br />

• Each group of learners can then be responsible for finding out<br />

something about the people named under the heading that they<br />

have chosen. Each individual learner can be responsible for<br />

finding out a little bit about one individual. Learners can use the<br />

internet as for the previous task and consolidate their information<br />

accessing skills. They may wish to access other sources such as<br />

books, orally transmitted cultural knowledge, TV/video.<br />

• Learners do not have to complete a written report for this,<br />

however, they can jot/copy down some notes to jog their memories<br />

for when they reassemble as a group to share their information.<br />

Handout 6 will support the organization of this information so<br />

that it can easily be shared with others.<br />

• Ask learners to share their knowledge in small groups to prepare<br />

what they are going to say. Report back to the wider group. What<br />

have they learnt about the person? What have they learnt about<br />

accessing information?<br />

• Option: Learner groups to produce a poster which profiles a<br />

little information about each the people in they researched E.g.<br />

landrights/political activists etc.


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Some useful sites for this activity<br />

• Ask learners to look up the Deadly Awards using a search engine.<br />

This will allow them to access the names of contemporary figures<br />

who have been recognised most recently for their contributions to<br />

Australian society.<br />

• www.leopold.vic.edu.au/koori/koori_famous.htm<br />

Links to various texts and sources. This site is useful for critical<br />

literacy and discussing the way information is presented because<br />

of the multiple entries for many of the listed individuals.<br />

• www.eps.vic.edu.au/history/Famous%20Aborigines.htm<br />

Text at ACSF 2. Contains very readable text about 7 famous<br />

indigenous Australians. Some entries have a very upper primary<br />

school flavour to them, however (e.g. children’s illustrations).<br />

• www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/reference_indigenousaustralia.htm<br />

Text at ACSF 3. Learners at CGEA Introductory will need support.<br />

• Discuss other sources of information. e.g. libraries for books and<br />

video footage.


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<br />

Activity 4: Profile a local indigenous community organisation<br />

The purpose of this activity is to develop reading, writing, oral<br />

communication and learning skills through gathering knowledge<br />

about Indigenous organisations and their activities within the local<br />

community. These activities could include political, sporting, music<br />

art, cultural or social groups.<br />

Possible Extension Activity<br />

This activity could be a “stem” activity through which learners could<br />

begin investigations about volunteering or working with community<br />

organisations. This could be built upon later and encompass<br />

VPAU101Work with indigenous community members from Certificate 1<br />

Mumgu-dhal tyama-tiyt.<br />

Alternatively, learners could profile an individual who has been<br />

an active community member but who is not part of a formal<br />

organisation. In this case a publicity flyer would not be appropriate as<br />

a writing activity. Handout 6, used for activity 3, could be substituted<br />

as a writing activity. Consult with learners about how they would like<br />

to present their information.<br />

Propose to learners that they find out about the work of a local<br />

Indigenous organisation. Learners may choose to work with a partner<br />

or group of three to complete this activity.<br />

• As a group, teacher and learners brainstorm to compile list of<br />

local Indigenous community organisations. These might be<br />

organisations specific to the local community or organisations<br />

that operate locally but have state or national links. Ask learners<br />

to also reflect on people who have made a significant contribution<br />

to the local community.<br />

• Ask learners to work in groups of 2–3 and select a group to find<br />

out more about. Consider what they already know about the<br />

work of the organisation and how they could find out further<br />

information.<br />

• Ask learners to check to see if there is any print material about the<br />

organisation and access this if possible. (e.g. brochure, website)<br />

• Ask learners to prepare to contact the organisation/individual.<br />

Learners may need to consider the appropriate protocol for<br />

approaching an individual and may require advice from elders of<br />

their community.


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Ask learners to arrange to visit the organisation and meet a member<br />

of the organisation to find out more about its activities. Arrange to<br />

meet with an individual, explaining who they are and the purpose<br />

of the visit. Teacher to support learners in this activity as required in<br />

accordance with protocols. See: www.abc.net.au/indigenous/education/<br />

cultural_protocol.htm to find out cultural protocols in regards to<br />

Indigenous Australians, if appropriate to context.<br />

• Prepare learners for their visit to the organisation/member of<br />

organisation. Brainstorm list of questions that they might ask.<br />

This will vary according to the nature of the organisation, but may<br />

include:<br />

––‘What is the name of the organisation/group?’<br />

––‘Who is it for?’<br />

––‘What does it do in the community?’<br />

––‘When did it start?’<br />

––‘How many people are involved?’<br />

––‘What are its aims/goals?’<br />

––‘What are some of the things it has done so far?’<br />

––‘How can other people get involved in it?’<br />

––‘Who is a good person to contact about the group, and how<br />

can they be contacted?’<br />

––‘How did (the person being interviewed) get involved?’<br />

––‘What is the best thing about being part of the group?’<br />

––‘What is the hardest thing?’<br />

––‘How often does the group meet?’<br />

––‘How can you become a volunteer or member of this group?’<br />

––‘Does the group holds any special events/fundraisers?’<br />

‘When are these held?’<br />

• Talk about how the information is to be gathered and recorded.<br />

Learners will need to ask permission to record the interview prior<br />

to attending their meeting. Later, listen to the tape and write<br />

down information against questions in the list. If taping is not<br />

appropriate, each group of learners will need to work out how best<br />

to gather the information. Possibilities include:1–2 people in the<br />

group take responsibility for writing down information during<br />

the interview/asking the person being interviewed to jot down<br />

some notes on a question sheet given earlier/requesting a support<br />

“scribe” to accompany the group to the interview, then reading<br />

the notes and sorting them into answers to the questions asked.


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• Review the information gathered. This may mean: replaying the<br />

interview, conferring as a group to confirm details/reviewing notes<br />

with scribe to clarify information.<br />

• Complete publicity flyer which profiles the organisation/<br />

community group. Details can be filled in using a dot point<br />

format. Handout 7 is a guide to completing this, although it may<br />

not be appropriate to all groups and may need to be adapted.<br />

Teacher to confer with each group about what is appropriate to<br />

each profile.<br />

• Ask learners to write a thank you letter or card to the person they<br />

interviewed. Handout 8 is a model for this which may then be<br />

customized to particular circumstances. Discuss the template<br />

with learners and ask them to consider what words could be put<br />

in the blank spaces. Write possibilities up on board. Ask learners<br />

to complete their own thank you letter, using the model as a<br />

guide. Support learners in personalizing it for their own situation.<br />

Discuss when it is more appropriate to use a card, when more<br />

appropriate to use letter. (e.g. informality of card if they know<br />

the person interviewed, more formal letter if they do not.) Check<br />

drafts before asking learners to write final copy.<br />

• Some useful sites for researching groups can be found at:<br />

––www.ncistudent.net/CourseResources/AboriginalStudies/<br />

WebLinks.htm<br />

––Go to: Aboriginal community organisations in menu. This<br />

site contains www.naccho.org.au/ for community health<br />

organizations


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<br />

Activity 5: Reading the Koori Mail online<br />

Communication is important to community and belonging. The<br />

purpose of this exercise is to develop a range of reading skills by<br />

engaging learners with the Indigenous newspaper, to be aware of<br />

what it offers and to gain confidence browsing through its sections<br />

and pages. The Koorie mail offers a range of services – news and<br />

sports items, advertising, letters, a job section and the opportunity to<br />

advertise events and to give feedback.<br />

• Ask learners to go to www.koorimail.com/<br />

• As a group, take learners through the various sections of the Koori<br />

Mail. Demonstrate how to access different parts of the paper by<br />

using the menu bar on the left hand side of the home page. Show<br />

learners how to access the general news and the sports news<br />

through Newsroom in the menu. Go to the Employment section<br />

and the Contact us section to review the information found in<br />

these sections of the menu.<br />

• Ask learners to go to CUZ Telegraph on the menu bar. Explain<br />

the purpose of Cuz Telegraph, and show learners how to join Cuz<br />

Telegraph by completing the registration form online.<br />

• Asks them to browse the menu on the left hand side of the home<br />

page, and complete the questions in handout 9.<br />

• Complete the feedback activity at the end of handout 9.


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<br />

Activity 6: Catching and passing around ideas: debating<br />

community issues<br />

Part a: Reading<br />

The aim of this activity is to develop reading, writing and oral<br />

communication skills by encouraging learners to share and compare<br />

opinions in a non confrontational style. The issue of footballers as role<br />

models is discussed here, however, the format can be adapted to other<br />

topics of particular relevance and meaning to learner groups<br />

The resource in handout 10 has been modified from Blog material and<br />

is in a conversational tone. Teachers can talk about the differences in<br />

the language used here to that of the language used in the reading for<br />

their research project. Is it different? What makes it different?<br />

• Teachers ask learners to access handout 10. Look at the title and<br />

the setup of the page to predict what the writing will be about.<br />

Confirm with learners that there is no one right view, just some<br />

opinions with which they are free to agree or disagree.<br />

• Read handout 10 with learners, confirming pronunciation and<br />

meaning of particular words as required. Learners may be keeping<br />

a personal word list/dictionary. Ask them to add relevant words.<br />

• Elicit the gist of each paragraph with learners, without<br />

commenting on what you think of the views expressed.<br />

• Ask learners to reread the opinions carefully, and complete the<br />

reading task described in handout 11.<br />

The last question asks learners to extrapolate unstated meaning from<br />

Ty Williams comment. It takes learners beyond evidence for reading at<br />

NRS 2.1 and provides some evidence of reading at NRS 3.2.This is also<br />

the case with the ACSF; most of the reading tasks are pitched at ACSF<br />

2.03, the questions 8and 9 move readers into performance indicators<br />

more appropriate to ACSF 3.03.<br />

Part b: Discussion of the issue<br />

Ask learners to form into groups of 3–4 and compare responses,<br />

commenting on the views as they share their information. Discussion<br />

can be guided by handout 12.<br />

Ask learners to share their views with the class, and listen to the<br />

responses of others. The handout suggests that one person per group


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be nominated as the report back person, but teachers may decide it is<br />

more appropriate to invite all members of each group to comment.<br />

Part c: Writing about the issue<br />

Handouts 13 and 14 invite learners to respond to the issue in writing.<br />

Handout 13 is designed to elicit a response at CGEA 1 (Introductory).<br />

The handout provides for drafting conferencing and revision, however,<br />

learners may require further drafting. Final copy could be typed and<br />

stored in a personal file on the computer.<br />

Handout 14 provides extension reading and writing activities for<br />

learners who have more independent reading skills and who can access<br />

Blogs, read entries and who are operating or moving towards CGEA 1<br />

ACSF/NRS 3 in writing.


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<br />

Activity 7: Sea of Hands<br />

Part a: Reading about the Sea of Hands<br />

Ask learners what they know about the Sea of Hands: Have they seen a<br />

Sea of Hands display?<br />

• Ask learners to access the Sea of Hands photo gallery in this site:<br />

http://www.antar.org.au/sea_of_hands and click on the arrow to start<br />

the show. Ask them to read handout 15<br />

• From reading handout 15 and viewing the Sea of Hands photo<br />

gallery, ask learners to discuss:<br />

––‘What is the purpose of the Sea of Hands display?’<br />

––‘What does each hand represent?’<br />

––‘When did it start?’<br />

––‘How many people have joined the Sea of Hands?’<br />

––‘Where have Sea of Hands displays been shown?’<br />

––‘Which famous people support the Sea of Hands?’<br />

––‘Which is their favourite visual display in the video?’ ‘Why<br />

is that?’<br />

––‘Which source of information, the handout or the visual<br />

display would be more effective in getting people to notice<br />

the Sea of Hands?’ ‘Why is that?’<br />

• Ask learners to locate and write down specific information<br />

about the Sea of Hands using handout 16. Learners can draw on<br />

information in handout 15, and/or replay the photo gallery from<br />

the Sea of Hands site (see above).<br />

Part b: Interacting with the Sea of Hands<br />

The Sea of Hands enables anyone who wants justice for Aboriginal<br />

people to join a community of like minded individuals. It gives learners<br />

with an opportunity to interact with the community and be political<br />

if they wish to do so. Learners can choose whether or not they wish<br />

to add their name to the Sea of Hands; the decision to add their name<br />

to the “Sea” needs to be entirely their own. What ever they decide, all<br />

learners will gain skills from exploring the website and its links.<br />

• Ask learners to return to the Sea of Hands site and click on<br />

Animated version (opens in a new window). This allows individuals<br />

to view the Sea of Hands online and add their hand to the “Sea” if<br />

they wish.<br />

• Reading the “Sea” Ask learners to “catch” a hand floating in the sea<br />

by clicking on it. What details come upon the hand? (The added


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hand has the person’s name, a design of their own on the hand<br />

and a statement of commitment to justice attached.)<br />

• Adding a hand Take learners through the process of adding a hand,<br />

but do not ask them to do so, unless they want to. Use handout 17<br />

to guide the process.<br />

Part c: Extension activity. Reading the commitment to justice statement<br />

The site is accessible to a wide range of readers: it is a highly interactive<br />

site with great appeal. Inconsistent with this, however, is the inclusion<br />

of a justice statement which requires reading skills at a level which<br />

would exclude many readers at ACSF 2 and 3. Learners may be able to<br />

get the gist of the meaning of the justice statement, but the reading of<br />

it would need to be highly supported.<br />

Reading this statement and discussing it with learners would be a good<br />

way of encouraging them to think about the relationship between<br />

writing, audience and purpose.<br />

Ask learners to pause at this statement and read it aloud to them. As a<br />

group, then discuss:<br />

• ‘What do you think about the language used in the statement?’<br />

• ‘What does the statement basically mean?’<br />

• ‘Who should be the reading audience for the Sea of Hands?’ ‘Is the<br />

statement written for everyone?’<br />

• ‘Is there a simpler way of getting the commitment to justice<br />

message across?’<br />

• ‘What could be written there instead?’<br />

Part d: Email about the Sea of Hands<br />

• Support learners in writing an email/memo to either:<br />

––Tell a friend about the Sea of Hands explaining how to get to<br />

the site, and how to add their name. The notes learners took<br />

for the reading exercise in handout 16 and handout 17 could<br />

be used to support their writing. Appropriate opening and<br />

closing comments and greetings for emails and memos could<br />

be discussed and put on whiteboard as a reference.<br />

––Send an email to ANTAR giving them feedback about the<br />

Sea of Hands site – ‘What is good about it?’ ‘How could it<br />

be improved?’ This could be done as a group activity, with<br />

teacher modeling writing processes and writing ideas on<br />

the whiteboard, (things people like about the site, things


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they’d like to see improved.) Opening greetings discussed,<br />

appropriate closes discussed. Learners could then write a<br />

draft as hard copy or write an email and save in drafts, using<br />

the written guidelines on the whiteboard. Teacher could<br />

review the draft with the learner, learner could make any<br />

changes, and the email/memo sent.<br />

• Email addresses for ANTAR can be located by clicking Contact<br />

us in the menu bar and then going to the various states. There is<br />

space to write an email and send it from here. Alternatively, postal<br />

addresses can also be located using Contact us on the menu bar.<br />

• Learners can join the Sea of Hands online if they wish, but this is<br />

not necessary to provide evidence of performance in the relevant<br />

elements.


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<br />

Activity 8: The National Apology<br />

The purpose of this activity is to provide a platform through which<br />

issues in contemporary Indigenous culture can be introduced for<br />

further discussion. While the written text in itself is not readily<br />

accessible for readers at CGEA Introductory level, and is not a simple<br />

text, it is accompanied by its oral text format. Learners can listen, reread<br />

and replay as required. This is a different reading skill for learners<br />

to develop, and a strategy for dealing with more difficult text. Teachers<br />

can offer appropriate support by guiding learners through the reading,<br />

focusing on particular areas of meaning, and engaging learners in<br />

discussion. For example, what is the effect of the repetition of words<br />

and phrases in the text (such as ‘we say sorry’)? It should not be<br />

considered for assessment without audio visual and teacher support.<br />

• Provide learners with Handout 18, which is part of the text of<br />

Kevin Rudd’s apology speech . Then ask learners to access The<br />

Prime Minister’s National Apology to Aboriginal peoples. This<br />

can be done via the internet form the following site. http://www.<br />

abc.net.au/news/events/apology/ Go to featured video and select PM<br />

Kevin Rudd says Sorry to the Stolen Generations. (Handout 18 is the<br />

written transcript of this excerpt.)<br />

• After viewing, ask learners to return to Handout 1 and support a<br />

discussion of the content of the speech. Suggested questions to<br />

support this discussion are:<br />

––‘When and where was the apology made?’<br />

––‘On whose behalf was the apology being made?’<br />

––‘Who is the apology being made to?’<br />

––‘What is the apology for?’<br />

––‘Why is the apology important for Australia’s future?’<br />

• Ask learners to work in small groups and work out what they<br />

would like to say to Kevin Rudd in response to this speech. Work<br />

out one or two sentences in response. Ask member of group to<br />

write this down – teacher to assist where necessary. Report back to<br />

whole class.<br />

Extension reading activity<br />

The ABC site allows readers to access the full text of the apology<br />

motion, access Brendan Nelson’s speech, view footage from the<br />

speeches (either full footage or excerpts) and go to related links. A


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further activity could be to view Brendan Nelson’s speech and discuss<br />

the reaction to it. Ms Lyman’s response to Brendan Nelson’s use of her<br />

story is also included on this site. Learners working at CGEA II and<br />

III could continue more independently with this activity comparing<br />

content in Nelson and Rudd’s speeches.


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Summary of assessment<br />

All assessment listed. Key assessment activities in bold<br />

VBQU120 Engage with simple texts for learning purposes<br />

Opportunities for assessment of VBQU120 occur in the following<br />

activities:<br />

• Activity 1: Sharing and talking about culture – use of prompt sheet<br />

handout 1; completion of self-assessment sheet.<br />

• Activity 2: Skimming, scanning and locating information on the<br />

internet – Observation of engagement in task and discussion using<br />

handout 3; completion of handout 4<br />

• Activity 3: Indigenous Heroes – Completion of handout 6<br />

• Activity 4: Profile a local Indigenous community organization –<br />

Notes from interview to put in flyer (handout 7); discussion of<br />

format for thank you letter (handout 8)<br />

• Activity 5: Reading the Koori mail – Observation of engagement<br />

in online reading; completion of Handout 9.<br />

• Activity 6: Debating a community issue, Part A: Observation of<br />

engagement in discussion; completion of handout 11<br />

• Activity 7: Sea of Hands, Part A: Completed handout and<br />

observation of discussion from the ANTAR photo gallery and<br />

handout 15; completion of handout 16.<br />

• Activity 8 : The national Apology – Observation of engagement in<br />

reading and discussion; completion of group response<br />

VBQU124 Create simple texts for learning purposes<br />

Opportunities for assessment of VBQU124 occur in the following<br />

activities:<br />

• Activity 1: Sharing and talking about culture – Completion of<br />

handouts 1 and 2; email message<br />

• Activity 2: Skimming, scanning and locating information on the<br />

internet Part B: Notes in handout 4<br />

• Activity 3: Indigenous heroes – Notes in handout 6, production<br />

of poster.<br />

• Activity 4: Profile a local Indigenous community organization<br />

– Notes from tape/taken at interview, production of flyer, thank<br />

you letter/card


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• Activity 5: Reading Koori mail – Notes in handout 9<br />

• Activity 6: Debating a community issue Part C: Completion of<br />

Handout 13<br />

• Activity 7: Sea of Hands Part A: Completion of handout 16; Part D:<br />

Completion of email/memo<br />

• Activity 8: The national Apology – Observation of group writing<br />

activity<br />

VBQU168 Access the internet for language learning<br />

Opportunities for assessment of VBQU168 occur in the following<br />

activities:<br />

• Activity 1: Sharing and talking about culture – send/receive<br />

feedback email<br />

• Activity 2: Skimming, scanning and locating information on<br />

the internet – Observation of engagement in task and discussion<br />

of sites. Details of research in handouts 3 and 4.<br />

• Activity 3: Indigenous heroes – Evidence of internet research.<br />

Teacher observation of internet research processes<br />

• Activity 5: Reading the Koori mail – Completion of handout 9<br />

• Activity 6 : Debating community issue (optional extension activity<br />

– Blog response)<br />

• Activity 7: Accessing Sea of Hands; Navigating site locations;<br />

Using interactive sea to read messages on hands/go through steps<br />

of joining the sea; send email about Sea of Hands<br />

• Activity 8: The national Apology – Observation of learner<br />

accessing video of speech on line from one of the suggested sites


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Summary of handouts for this topic<br />

1. Talking about culture<br />

2. Self-evaluation<br />

3. Deadly Acheivers<br />

4. Thinking about internet information<br />

5. Indigenous heroes<br />

6. Profile of a community leader/inspiring person<br />

7. Information flyer – rough draft<br />

8. Sample thank you letter<br />

9. Reading the Koori Mail<br />

10. Should AFL and NRL players be role models for kids?<br />

11. Questions about the text<br />

12. Group discussion – Should we expect footy players to be role<br />

models?<br />

13. Writing about the issue<br />

14. Extension activities reading and writing about an issue<br />

15. About the Sea of Hands<br />

16. Writing about the Sea of Hands.<br />

17. Joining the Sea of Hands<br />

18. Kevin Rudd’s Apology Speech


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Resources<br />

General<br />

www.atsic.gov.au/events/naidoc<br />

www.dreamtime.net.au/<br />

Australian Museums online Indigenous site<br />

www.koorimail.com/<br />

www.ANTaR.org.au/sea_of_hands<br />

Sea of Hands – ANTaR – Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation<br />

http://www.daretolead.edu.au/servlet/Web?s=169694&p=DTL08_Home<br />

http://www.bennelong.com.au/<br />

The Bennelong Society<br />

Protocol<br />

Message Stick – Cultural Protocol A place to find out cultural<br />

protocol’s in regards to Indigenous Australians. From the ABC’s<br />

Message Stick website<br />

http://www.abc.net.au/message/proper/default.htm<br />

Apology<br />

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Apology to the Stolen Generations of<br />

Australia. The full text of Kevin Rudd’s Apology [PDF, 42 kb]<br />

http://www.aph.gov.au/house/Rudd_Speech.pdf<br />

The ABC carried complete live coverage of this significant national<br />

event – in 3 parts (streamed video – 3:18, 26:02, 25:29 mins)<br />

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/apology/<br />

Reconciliation Australia – contact for Apology video and poster<br />

http://www.reconciliation.org.au/<br />

The Koori Mail (edition 420, 27 February 2008) has a 24 page section<br />

on the Apology and Responses<br />

http://www.koorimail.com/index.php?page=Home


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Response to government to the national apology to the Stolen<br />

Generations by Tom Calma. This webpage at HREOC contains the<br />

transcript of Tom Calma’s speech, links to the video and audio<br />

download.<br />

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/02/13/2162138.htm<br />

Lateline: Tony Jones talked to historian Henry Reynolds and political<br />

commentator Gerard Henderson about the impact of the formal<br />

apology to the Stolen Generations (13 February 2008) – (streamed<br />

video – 15:49)<br />

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/02/13/2162136.htm<br />

National Sorry Day<br />

National Sorry Day Committee – for events connected with Stolen<br />

Generation and sorry day in various states across Australia<br />

http://www.nsdc.org.au/<br />

Stolen Generation<br />

Us Taken-Away Kids: Experiences and Artwork from the Indigenous<br />

Community<br />

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/links/index.html#sj<br />

ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) Participate in<br />

online petitions to urge the Federal government to act on the Bringing<br />

them home report: Sorry is the first step. Also contains opinion about<br />

the NT Intervention and invites participant response<br />

http://www.antar.org.au/<br />

HREOC (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission)<br />

Resources from the Human Rights and Equal opportunity commission<br />

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/<br />

Poster to down load tracking the history of the separation of<br />

Indigenous children from their families: Download a poster PDF The<br />

Track the history timeline is available in three formats: a poster version,<br />

online and text-only. The poster version can be ordered from the<br />

Commission at<br />

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/bth/download/Track_History_<br />

A1poster.pdf


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Personal Stories: Comparison Activity PDF or Word Stories and<br />

activities connected with the Stolen Generation<br />

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/bth/download/personal_stories_<br />

resources.pdf<br />

‘Bringing Them Home’ report<br />

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/report/<br />

Stolen Generations Alliance<br />

http://www.sgalliance.org.au/<br />

Teaching resources in hard copy<br />

Deadly Eh, Cuz, Teaching Speakers of Koori English, Goulburn Valley<br />

Education Consultative Group Incorporated, 1996, language Australia<br />

Langwij Comes to school Promoting literacy among Speakers of<br />

Aboriginal English and Australian Creoles, DEET, Order free copies of<br />

this magazine: 06 240 9086<br />

Making the Jump, A resource book for teachers of Aboriginal Students,<br />

Rosalind Berry and Joyce Hudson, Catholic Education Commission of<br />

Western Australia, 1997


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Appendix A: Reading Checklist CGEA 1 (initial level)<br />

VBQU107 Engage in short simple texts to participate in the community<br />

Required Skills and Knowledge<br />

Uses cues from context, personal experience and document layout to identify highly familiar<br />

words, phrases, symbols and numbers<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

Uses a limited range of reading strategies including ability to draw on a small bank of sight<br />

vocabulary of personally relevant words/phrases and use elementary word attack skills<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

Locates specific information in short, simple, personally relevant texts<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

Follows the left to right, top to bottom orientation of printed texts and screen based texts<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

Communication skills to undertake assessment<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

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Appendix B: Reading Checklist CGEA 1 (introductory level)<br />

VBQU120 Engage with simple texts for learning purposes<br />

Required Skills and Knowledge<br />

Can identify the main idea and key information and supporting information in a text<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

Can understand that a text represents the author’s experiences, purposes and opinions<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

Has understanding of a range of purposes and a range of audiences for texts<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

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........................................................................................................................................................<br />

Can interpret basic structural conventions of texts, e.g. Chronological sequencing of events/<br />

identification followed by description, Conventions of paragraph writing: one major topic in<br />

each paragraph; use of topic sentences<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

........................................................................................................................................................<br />

Can draw on a range of decoding and meaning making strategies<br />

Teacher comment Competent £ Not Yet Competent £<br />

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