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People Power
At a glance
Focus question 1: How did the Freedom Riders escalate the campaign for justice for Aboriginal people?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- concepts of
discrimination and segregation
- events of the
Freedom Ride
- strategies
- role of the media changes
- results of the Freedom Ride
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- respond to a
hypothetical situation (simulation)
- analyse visual,
written and verbal text
- complete a CD
ROM interactive
- record reflections
in journals
- prepare a written or oral report
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- whole class:
Handout 2
- groups: Handout 1
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- OHT: Handout 3
- Discovering
Democracy Primary Video
- Stories of
Democracy CD ROM
- Australian atlas/wall map
- student notebooks
- 'People Power' matrix on four sheets of A3 paper or similar (see table, Activity 2)
- Table, Activity 6, on a board
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Teaching and learning activities
Focus question 2: How did groups of Australian workers bring about improvements in their working conditions?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- work and recreation
- work in the 1850s
- the Eight-hour Day
movement
- symbols and
celebrations
- comparing work
today
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- respond to a
hypothetical situation (simulation)
- collate and analyse
data
- use verbal and
written sources
- role-play
- analyse visual text
- record reflections in journals
- create visual images
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- pairs: Handouts 5, 6
- OHT: Handout 4
- Eight-hour Day
Movement poster
- art materials
- Table, Activity 1
- 'People Power' matrix
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Teaching and learning activities
Focus question 3: What have Equal Pay campaigners done to remove some of the discrimination against women in employment?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- gender
discrimination in the workplace
- Equal Pay
movement
- employment
attitudes in the 1950s
- case studies
- events in the Equal
Pay campaign
- Equal Opportunity legislation
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- respond to a
hypothetical situation (simulation)
- analyse visual text
- interpret written
and tabular data
- record reflections
in journals
- present a written or oral report
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- pairs: Handouts
7, 10
- groups: Handouts
11-15
- Handouts 8, 9
- People Power
Card 1a
- prepare a two or three metre long timeline, using computer or A3 paper. Title it 'Some events in the Equal Pay for Women campaign', and mark the decades 1900 to present along the bottom
- 'People Power' matrix
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Teaching and learning activities
Focus question 4: In what ways can popular movements achieve change?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- strategies
- citizen action
and change
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- analyse scenarios
- reach group
decisions
- present a written or oral report
- analyse and synthesise ideas
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- People Power
Cards 1-2
- single Handout 17
- copy the strategies and definitions on Handout 16 on to slips of paper so that half the class have the name of a strategy and the others have a copy of one definition
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Teaching and learning activities
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