Brave New Clan - Country/Place - Tuning In

This lesson is based on the film Who We Are: Brave New Clan – Country/Place and part of an inquiry unit. Students reflect on the importance of place as a way to build understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s connection to Country. Students consider places that are important to them personally and how these places affect who they are. Students will begin by engaging in a class discussion around some possible reasons why places are special to people. They will then use an image of a place that is special to them to create a postcard that details why this place is special. They will then share their postcard in a group and work together to find similarities between places and discuss why places are important to people.

Essential questions:

• Why are places important to people?
• What places are important to me and why?
• How do places affect who we are?
• How do we feel when places that are important to us are harmed or damaged?