CURRICULUM LINKS
Film Australia's Immigration DVD is a rich resource for use in English and Media Studies at middle and upper secondary levels and in the Studies of Society and Environment (or equivalent) key learning area to explore a range of key ideas.
These are listed below. Click on the link to take you to details for your state/territory.
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
ACT
Learning area: Studies of Society and Environment
Strands:
- Time, Continuity and Change
- Culture
Key ideas:
- Change and continuity in 20th century Australia
- Common elements of cultures and factors that promote cohesion or dissent.
Level: High School Band
NSW
Learning area: History
Strands:
Key ideas:
- Elements of contemporary Australia - citizenship, migration, multiculturalism, egalitarianism and diversity in society, identity.
Level: Stage 5
NT
Learning area: Social Education
Strands:
- Time, Continuity and Change
Key ideas:
- The nature and origins of and influences on the core values of contemporary Australia.
Level: Level 7-8
Qld
Learning area: Studies of Society and Environment
Strands:
- Time, Continuity and Change
- Culture and Identity
Key ideas:
- Developments toward a cohesive society in Australia. Australia's emerging international relationships. Who benefits from particular changes or continuities, which groups have been marginalised? Past and current government policies, their impact on various groups and possible alternatives.
- Ways in which different societies or nation states inhibit, sustain or promote cultural cohesion and diversity.
Level: Level 5-6
SA
Learning area: Studies of Society and Environment
Strands:
- Time, Continuity and Change
- Societies and Cultures
Key ideas:
- Change over time and representations of peoples, events, ideas and issues in Australia and globally. Immigration and Australian society.
- Prejudice and individual attitudes and actions.
Level: Curriculum Standard 5
Tas
Learning area: Essential Learnings
Strands:
Key ideas:
- Understanding the past and creating preferred futures
Level: Level 7-8
Vic
Learning area: Studies of Society and Environment
Strands:
Key ideas:
- Post-war migration and the development of a multicultural society
Level: Level 5-6 (Years 8-10)
WA
Learning area: Society and Environment
Strands:
- Culture
- Time, Continuity and Change
Key ideas:
- Impact of global trends and issues on the maintenance of cohesion and diversity in cultures. Cultural adjustment to maintain cohesion and allow diversity in communities. Moral and ethical issues and personal, group and cultural identities.
- Origins of present-day communities and societies. Trends and movements over time. Influence of motives of individuals, groups and societies over time. Values, beliefs, motives and change over time to societies and environments.
Level: Level 6-8
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