CTG_Finding+out

Who Am I?
Shared reading of text //‘A People In Need’//. (This text is included as part of the unit.) Students guess/predict who the people in the text are. Show students the PowerPoint ‘Closing the Gap’ Caritas. Discuss students’ reactions. Re-read the shared text. Discuss issues raised in both the text and the powerpoint. Students generate new wonderings for wonderings and discoveries board about the health issues for Aboriginal Australians.

Sorry
Watch the DVD and/ or read the text of Kevin Rudd’s //National Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples.// These resources are available on the website Identify why the Prime Minister was saying sorry and what the implications for his actions were. Discuss the historic events that have contributed to the health issues the Aboriginal people face today. Make links to the 10 reasons stated on the Closing the Gap powerpoint such as ‘dispossesion’- and what they really mean. How they came about.

Create a wordle from the National Apology text. This will highlight the key concepts in the speech. (below)

Guest Speaker
Invite a guest speaker to talk to students about the health issues of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including remote communities. Possible sources for guest speakers cited on the Yarra healing website include: ACMM is funded by the Archdiocese of Melbourne to minister to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Staff will visit schools to talk about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and spirituality and the work of ACMM Caritas Australia, or someone who has worked and lived in remote Indigenous Australian communities may also be able to talk to the students about the types of projects that are already in place and how they impact and benefit people and communities in need.
 * Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association Ltd (VACSAL)** VACSAL is a service organisation for Koorie people. It liaises closely with Health and Community Services Victoria. It has three main divisions - Youth Support, Community Support, and Women's Support. It is also able to provide visiting speakers.
 * Victorian Aboriginal Health Service Cooperative Ltd (VAHS)** VAHS is a primary health care agency. It has a Health Promotions Unit which can make speakers available.
 * Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, Melbourne (ACMM)**

Use Skype to contact and talk to guest speakers. This is very effective with IWB's (Smartboards)
 * Possible resources**

Carousel
Investigate the health and wellbeing issues for Indigenous Australians. Students read or view multi-modal resources and record information on a data chart under the key headings of: What are the issues? What is being done to help? Possible multi-modal resources include:
 *  Langiki’s story (Fred Hollows website)


 *  Amos story (Project Compassion student workbook)


 *  Closing the Gap film clip (available on Caritas website)


 *  Tania Major film clip (available on Caritas website)


 *  Laminated pictures of remote Aboriginal communities


 *  Newspaper stories

At the completion of these activities students break into groups to pool information and create a class brainstorm of what we know now about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues, and what is being done about them. Students respond individually in their personal journals.

** Overview Assessment ** Tuning in (building stage) Finding out Sorting out Reflection Action Resources
 * Index**