Australian History
If you're looking for short clips and lesson plans, try these sites:
National Film and Sound Archive [http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/results/12/#118], which as vintage clips arranged according to the National Curriculum topics.
National Film and Sound Archive [http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/results/12/#118], which as vintage clips arranged according to the National Curriculum topics.
Immigration
For a 'potted history' of Australian immigration since colonisation go to the National Maritime Museum [http://waves.anmm.gov.au/Immigration-Stories/Stories-from-our-collection.aspx]. This site woukld be great for timeline and simple empathy tasks.
You will notice virtually all immigrants (except a Chinese family who arrived during the Gold Rush - before the White Australia Policy in 1901) until the mid-C20th were from England. Then you'll see an Austrian family fleeing the Nazis during WW II, and lots of post-war immigrants from England (children were broughtby the australian government to keep up the 'white' population), Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. There is also a Japanese woman who came as a 'war bride' and a refugee from communist Russia (because Australia's biggest enemy during the 1950s was the threat of communism). After the White Australia Policy was abolished in 1972,you can see immigrants from Vietnam and Afghanistan. All of these people came to Australia by boat, which gives a new meaning to the term "boat people"! |
ABC Splash [http://splash.abc.net.au/topic/-/t/495336/immigration] has lots of resources about Immigration aimed at a teen audience, including video and audio clips. some of these clips would be useful for a EAL or LD class.
Have a look at the SBS documentary series Immigration Nation (it's on the TV4Education server) or look on YouTube. There are lots of 'talking heads' but there are also some excellent primary sources. This detailed 3 part series tells you everything you might want to know about Australia's new arrivals and the policies that brough them here from colonisation onwards. Another useful documentary is Tales from a Suitcase. YouTube has a couple of clips [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5AJDAjnrM].
Melbourne's Immigation Museum [http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/10645/immigrant-stories-timeline-immigration-museum-exhibition-1998-2015] has a wonderful exhibition of migrant's suitcases, which are primary sources that give a personal insight into history. One of these suitcases is represented in this videoclip from the National Film and Sound Archive [http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/663/]. Have a look around the website for immigrant stories and photographs of some of the objects from their collection. Of special note are the drawings created by German 'aliens' in WW II internment camps. [How similar are they to today's refugee detention centres?]
Have a look at the SBS documentary series Immigration Nation (it's on the TV4Education server) or look on YouTube. There are lots of 'talking heads' but there are also some excellent primary sources. This detailed 3 part series tells you everything you might want to know about Australia's new arrivals and the policies that brough them here from colonisation onwards. Another useful documentary is Tales from a Suitcase. YouTube has a couple of clips [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5AJDAjnrM].
Melbourne's Immigation Museum [http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/10645/immigrant-stories-timeline-immigration-museum-exhibition-1998-2015] has a wonderful exhibition of migrant's suitcases, which are primary sources that give a personal insight into history. One of these suitcases is represented in this videoclip from the National Film and Sound Archive [http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/663/]. Have a look around the website for immigrant stories and photographs of some of the objects from their collection. Of special note are the drawings created by German 'aliens' in WW II internment camps. [How similar are they to today's refugee detention centres?]
Whitlam's Legacy
Did you know that the Prime Minister can be sacked?
In 1973 Gough Whilam was sacked by the queeen's representative, the Governer General, but in his short 2 years as Australian's leader, he had already changed Australia forever!
The White Australia Policy was abolished (=taken away) in 1973. This meant that Asians and Africans were allowed to migrate to Australia, which led to the development of Multiculturalism in the 1980s. This clip from 80 Days that changed the world [http://www.abc.net.au/archives/80days/stories/2012/01/19/3415230.htm] explains the significance of this change.
Equal Pay for Equal Work was one of several 'feminist' policies which stopped women being paid less than men and being sacked when they got married. This clip from 80 days that changed the world explains the significance of this change.[http://www.abc.net.au/archives/80days/stories/2012/01/19/3411531.htm]. You can find more details about Women's Rights in the 1070s at ABC Splash [http://splash.abc.net.au/search?keyword=women's rights]
Medicare is a government system that pays for your doctor and hospital bills with money raised through taxes. Without Medicare we would have a system like the USA, where people can't access medical help unless they're rich or pay for medical insurance. This clip from the documetary Sicko [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txnw6Jdu1hI] gives an example of what life without Medicare could be like.
In 1973 Gough Whilam was sacked by the queeen's representative, the Governer General, but in his short 2 years as Australian's leader, he had already changed Australia forever!
The White Australia Policy was abolished (=taken away) in 1973. This meant that Asians and Africans were allowed to migrate to Australia, which led to the development of Multiculturalism in the 1980s. This clip from 80 Days that changed the world [http://www.abc.net.au/archives/80days/stories/2012/01/19/3415230.htm] explains the significance of this change.
Equal Pay for Equal Work was one of several 'feminist' policies which stopped women being paid less than men and being sacked when they got married. This clip from 80 days that changed the world explains the significance of this change.[http://www.abc.net.au/archives/80days/stories/2012/01/19/3411531.htm]. You can find more details about Women's Rights in the 1070s at ABC Splash [http://splash.abc.net.au/search?keyword=women's rights]
Medicare is a government system that pays for your doctor and hospital bills with money raised through taxes. Without Medicare we would have a system like the USA, where people can't access medical help unless they're rich or pay for medical insurance. This clip from the documetary Sicko [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txnw6Jdu1hI] gives an example of what life without Medicare could be like.