Exploring our identity
Activity: Explore a range of resources on the concept of identity
Lesson type: activity
Activity sample description
Face the facts
Activity: Brainstorm your current knowledge of Indigenous Australia, ideally at the beginning of semester.
Feeling welcome
Activity: As a parent/caregiver, what would make you feel welcome in a school?
High expectations relationships
Activity: Reflect upon the kinds of relationships we want to develop with our students.
Improving student attendance
Activity: Consider how to provide a learning environment that is centred on intellectual integrity and good relationships.
Indigenous leaders
Activity: How does the media decide who is an Indigenous leader?
Introduce your school community
Activity: Getting to know the children in your class and school involves getting to know the community.
Investigating prejudice
Activity: What does prejudice look like/feel like/sound like?
Kinship relationships
Activity: Exercises to demonstrate the importance of relationships in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander society.
Know your students
Activity: Group presentations on getting to know students.
Knowledge and cultural bias
Activity: Explore the following activities about Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural bias.
Land, colonisation and reconciliation
Activity: Understanding the role education can play as a vehicle for achieving reconciliation.
Language and literacy
Activity: Using a semantic web to explore a topic.
Making meaning of text
Activity: Making meaning of text using the story Handa’s Surprise.
Personalised Learning Plans
Activity: Develop Personalised Learning Plans.
Perspectives in media reporting
Activity: Recollections and perspectives of the ‘Wreck of the Georgette’.
Positive reinforcement
Activity: Consider the impact of praise and positive reinforcement on teaching and learning.
Question your values
Activity: Consider a situation in which your values came under question.
Racism and the media
Activity: Choose a media story where race is the central issue in sport or other sections of the community.
Reconciliation and young children
Activity: Explore reconciliation in early childhood practice