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Introduction
Introduction
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following lesson may contain images, names and voices of people who have died.
Today you are going to investigate the Cummeragunja Walk Off and consider the historical significance of this event in relation to the struggle of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for rights and freedoms. The video will give you an outline of today’s activities and revise the concept ‘significance’. Watch the video for an explanation of today’s learning activities.
Understanding the significance of the Cummeragunja walk off research
Duration: 3:33
Activity 1 - Background research – establishing facts
Activity 1 - Background research – establishing facts
Using the links to the right, read the introductory paragraph on the web page Cummeragunja Walk Off and make brief notes in your book that answer the questions below.
The Cummeragunja Walk Off – basic facts
Where did it happen?
When did it start?
How long did it last?
Who was involved?
What did they do?
Activity 2 - Background research – establishing context
Activity 2 - Background research – establishing context
Watch part of “A Fair Deal For A Black Race - Episode 6, then read the Deadly Story and the biography of Jack Patton, to make brief notes in your book about the reasons for the Cummeragunja Walk-Off. The questions below will guide this research.
The Cummeragunja Walk Off – contextual facts
When and why was Cummeragunja established?
What change took place in 1915, and how did this change life at Cummeragunja?
What event/s sparked the Walk Off?
Who was Arthur McGuiggan, and what role did he play in the walk-off?
Who was Uncle Jack Patton, and what role did he play in the walk off?
A Fair Deal For A Black Race - Episode 6
Duration: 3:41 (stop play at 16:30)
Activity 3 - Background research – the legacy of the Cummeragunja Walk-Off
Activity 3 - Background research – the legacy of the Cummeragunja Walk-Off
This is where you need to start thinking about significance. Go back to the resource Cummeragunja Walk Off and look at file ‘NRS 3829 School Files’. Choose two quotes that demonstrate that Aboriginal children in NSW may not have had access to article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR): Education. Write these quotes with the attribution (who said them, when) into your book.
Watch Aunty Fay Carter discuss the legacy of the Cummeragunja Walk-Off. Using the simplified version of the UDHR, identify two other human rights that the Yorta Yorta people at Cummeragunja were denied. Note these in your book.
You should show your research notes to your teacher.
Resisting Colonial Rule
Duration: 1:51
Handing in your work
Handing in your work
Don't forget to hand in the work you completed today!
Your teacher will have told you to do one of the following:
Upload any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your Learning Management system (MS Teams, Google Classroom for example).
Email any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your teacher.
Make sure you keep any hand written work you did in your exercise book or folder as your teacher may need to see these when you are back in class.
Student reflection
Student reflection
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