IMAGI-NATION{TV} - Flipping the Script on Indigenous History

Students think about how perspectives and storytellers can influence our understanding of history and the impacts of this into the present and the future. They begin by exploring their understanding of what stories are, why they are important and why it matters who gets to tell our stories. They then look at the role of primary and secondary sources in the presentation of historical perspectives. Students then participate in a group activity aimed at demonstrating how our personal perspectives influence the ways we interpret sources and how this affects the histories we tell. Finally, students speculate on the implications of the perspectives that are chosen to be shared by watching a clip from an IMAGI-NATION{TV} interview with Bruce Pascoe. Finally, students are asked to create a piece to communicate their ideas around the issue of history, storytellers and different perspectives.