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Building Community Resilience

SecondaryYear 9Humanities and Social SciencesCivics and CitizenshipEnvironmentalDisaster resilience

Summary

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • explore the role of volunteer emergency community groups in building resilience and cohesiveness 
  • discover the Lake Tyres Aboriginal Trust  (Bung Yarnda) fire crew and explore their contribution to their community.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • explain how and why the Lake Tyres Aboriginal Trust  (Bung Yarnda) fire crew (‘Charmaine’s Crew’) work together and contribute to their community
  • analyse media representations of the crew and the flow-on impact this has on community resilience
  • create a media post about a First Nations volunteer group, taking into account representation and the impact this has on community cohesiveness.

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