If not, ask students to find out where they might see one. Exploring the text in context of our community, school and ‘me’ Predict from the cover Students may wish to create their own class acknowledgement to begin this unit of work.īlack Cockatoo is an ideal opportunity for all students to learn some more about Aboriginal Australia. Listen to an Acknowledgement of Country and discuss the significance of the acknowledgement. Scootle (log in required) and ABC Education have age-appropriate learning materials.
It is also important for students to understand Australian history from an Aboriginal perspective, the negative impact on Aboriginal people, the continuing strength of Aboriginal culture despite the challenges, and the resilience of Aboriginal people. The Reconciliation Australia website offers some educational resources and understandings about Aboriginal Australia. AILITEA ACDE ‘Know This’ resources will be invaluable in creating foundations for the learning in this unit. Links to all these resources can be found in the More Resources tab located at the bottom of this page.
It is important for teachers to know about Aboriginal people and culture in Australia including history from an Aboriginal perspective, and the continuing impact of colonisation for Aboriginal people. This is used within the unit but it would be helpful for the teacher to read the summaries before beginning to work with Black Cockatoo. The unit writer provides chapter summaries (PDF, 143KB) with an Indigenous perspective. This maps the key parts of the unit to these resources.īlack Cockatoo presents as a simple text but the content is quite complex. To assist with programming, teachers may like to view the unit outline (PDF, 104KB), which brings together Bloom’s Taxonomy and Yunkaporta’s 8 Ways of Learning. Connecting to prior knowledge For teachers
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