Year Level
Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12
Cross Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Relevent Subjects
Contributors
By Culture is Life
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23/08/2022 – UPDATED 13/09/2023
This resource accompanies the SBS documentary The Australian Wars (produced by Blackfella Films) about the Frontier Wars – Australia’s longest war fought on home soil between 1790 and the 1940s.
SBS Learn strongly advises completing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols Guide – for Teachers before engaging with this teaching resource. This is essential to establishing a safe and culturally enriching learning environment for all students.
The resource includes:
- Documentaries as a form of filmmaking;
- Classroom-ready clips from the series launching each week as the three episodes air on SBS and NITV, and covering important issues raised in the selected clips;
- Year 9: Understanding the movement of people, the short- and long-term effects of colonisation;
- Year 10: Exploring text and resources from the documentary and analysing historical interpretations of these documents;
- Years 11 & 12: Explore British Imperialism and the Industrial Revolution and examine impacts then and now;
- Reflection questions to encourage deep thinking;
- Classroom activities to enrich learning;
- Expert guidance on cultural protocols; and
- Further resources to build more in-depth lesson plans.
We recommend you pre-screen the full-length episode before using in class. Head to SBS On Demand for personal viewing. For classroom viewing of whole episodes, please visit ClickView, or your school’s resource centre (for example Wingaru, Informit etc).
Content warning: The documentary is classified M, and the clips selected in this resource are classified PG. The clips are intended to be previewed by teachers before sharing with students.
SBS would like to advise this teaching resource may contain the images, voices and names of deceased persons, which may be distressing to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The resource was made with support from Shark Island Foundation.
Australian Curriculum
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
General Capabilities
Critical and Creative Thinking
Ethical Understanding
Intercultural Understanding
Literacy
Australian Curriculum Links
Year 9:
History: ACDSEH084, ACDSEH085, ACDSEH020, ACDSEH097
Year 10:
History (Depth Study – Rights and freedoms): ACDSEH104, ACDSEH106, ACDSEH134, ACDSEH143
Historical Skills: ACHHS187, ACHHS188, ACHHS189, ACHHS190, ACHHS191, ACHHS193
Years 11 & 12:
Modern History (Unit 1 – Understanding the Modern World): ACHMH001, ACHMH005, ACHMH010, ACHMH011, ACHMH040, ACHMH045
Modern History (Unit 2 – Recognition and rights of Indigenous peoples): ACHMH070, ACHMH071, ACHMH073, ACHMH075, ACHMH076
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