UNIT OUTCOME:

LESSONS

 Classics and Culture Writing Folio Task.

TOPIC: Should we say Sorry?

You are expected to use previous knowledge learnt in this unit and your own knowledge to form an opinion whether we should say SORRY? or NOT?

Your Task for this assessment is to write an argumentative essay about one, or all or these Indigenous Issues stating your argument (for) or (against ) saying SORRY.

Approximately 750 words.

Lesson 1:

• Group Discussion on what students know about issues that have affected Aborigines in Australian History since Colonisation.

• Brainstorm as a class why or why not we should say sorry??

• Research for supporting evidence and arguments

Lesson 2:

• Learn how to write an argumentative essay.

• Plan your essay in detail.

Lesson 3:

•  Writing Argumentative Essay

Lesson 4:

• Finishing off Final Draft of Essay. Essay Due at the end of this lesson.

Indigenous Issues Already Covered:

Stolen Generations:

- What it is?

- People's experiences/stories.

- Why it children were allowed to be taken away.

Deaths in Custody:

- Who killed Malcolm Smith?

- Circumstances of Aboriginals Deaths in Custody.

Civil Rights Movement:

- Rights that Aboriginal people were denied?

- Day of Mourning

- Changes in the 1967 Referendum.

- Self Determination. Tent Embassy

- Mabo Case.

Students should use all of this information that they have learnt in previous lessons as well as their own research to decide on what issue they want to reflect on for their essay. They should choose a topic that they are passionate about and can find information to support their argument whether we should say SORRY? Or NOT?