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Week 3 - Citizenship learning as a linked follow-on from a history topic

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Week 3 -  Citizenship learning as a linked follow-on from a history topic Blog Post - Year 4 Warning: Please be advised that the links featured throughout the blog posts may contain references to images, videos and/or voices of deceased persons. Eddie Mabo, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 2017 The focus for this lesson is an important one, as we engage in literature and visual resources to enable students to gain an understanding of a part of Australian history with a focus on The Mabo case. Students gaining knowledge and developing empathy and respect towards diverse cultures is achieved through incorporating topics such as The Mabo Case into their education (Reconciliation Australia, 2014). The Mabo case educates the students about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders regaining the rights to their land. Why do we celebrate Mabo Day?           Mabo Day & Native Title: Who was Eddie Mabo & what is
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Week 4: Civics and citizenship through geography

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Week 4: Civics and citizenship through geography Year 5, Blog Post By the end of this lesson, students will understand the meaning and effects of climate change with a focus on The Amazon rainforest, while also learning ways they can minimise their own impact on climate change. Why is this important? Students are our future generation, educating them about climate change is crucial for a sustainable future. Environmental education begins in schools with all citizens of the school community being responsible for the teaching of sustainability see figure 1 (Commonwealth of Australia, 2005). If education on climate change does not occur in schools, the future of farming, deforestation and burning fossil fuels will continue to have a negative effect worldwide. Resulting in negative effects on wildlife with sea levels rising and ice shrinking, as well as the impact on humans, with a continuous decrease rainfall there will be a result of food shortages (National Geographic Par
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Week 2: Civics and Citizenship

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Week 2: Civics and Citizenship Year 3, Parent/Guardian Blog Post Students are given the opportunity to shape their lives, become active citizens through positively contributing to their local community and have an opinion on matters that affect them and their future through engagement with The Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship (ACARA, 2014). This unit of work will commence two weeks prior to Clean up Australia Day. Allowing students to develop an understanding of the long term effects humans actions have on the environment, prepare them with a set of crucial skills for becoming an active citizen such as responsibility, integrity and respectfulness, and being informed about the issues occurring in the world around them (Dejaeghere & Tudball, 2007). Students will be shown the image in Figure 1, before engaging in a class discussion about why they think this image is an issue.
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