Painting by Kim Butler Napurrula | Women’s Ceremony, www.japingkaaboriginalart.com
Statement of Inquiry:
The conflicts and misunderstandings that can arise when individuals and groups from different global communities meet are often a result of different perspectives and values.
Students explore Indigenous culture and the White Invasion. Students explore how British settlement affected Indigenous health, culture, language and land rights.
Key Concept: Global Interactions
Related Concepts: Culture and perspective
Global Context: Orientation in time and space
Inquiry Questions:
Factual question: What was the white invasion of Australia?
Conceptual question: Why is the Indigenous perspective of the arrival of the British different from that of traditional viewpoints?
Debatable questions: Can colonisation of another group of people ever be justified?
The conflicts and misunderstandings that can arise when individuals and groups from different global communities meet are often a result of different perspectives and values.
Students explore Indigenous culture and the White Invasion. Students explore how British settlement affected Indigenous health, culture, language and land rights.
Key Concept: Global Interactions
Related Concepts: Culture and perspective
Global Context: Orientation in time and space
Inquiry Questions:
Factual question: What was the white invasion of Australia?
Conceptual question: Why is the Indigenous perspective of the arrival of the British different from that of traditional viewpoints?
Debatable questions: Can colonisation of another group of people ever be justified?