Liveability and Connection to Country

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• collaboration
• communication
• community engagement
• cultural understanding
• digital literacy
• intercultural understanding
• global citizenship

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 7 Geography

• The cultural connectedness of people to places and how this influences their identity, sense of belonging and perceptions of a place, in particular the cultural connectedness of First Nations Australians to Country/Place. (AC9HG7K07)

Relevant parts of Year 7 achievement standards: Students can describe how the characteristics of places are perceived and valued differently by people. They describe the importance of environments to people. They explain the interconnections between people and places and environments, and describe how these interconnections change places or environments.

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

• GE4-3 explains how interactions and connections between people, places and environments result in change
• AST4-1 identifies the factors that contribute to an Aboriginal person’s identity
• AST4-2 outlines ways in which Aboriginal Peoples maintain identity

General capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability

Cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Sustainability

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low - facilitate class discussions and readings

UN SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

• Target 11.3: By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanisation and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries.

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This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Beginning to Include First Nations Peoples’ Perspectives in Your Classroom

Quick Summary: This course is designed to inform and upskill educators in incorporating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in the classroom. It guides terms of reference, protocols and strategies for an inclusive classroom that celebrates diversity.