Reconciliation Resources: English

Koori Mail: Fortnightly National Indigenous Newspaper

Article: Mainstream media coverage of Aboriginal news

Copyright Council Essays

• Essays covering films, scripts, and other literary works from Australian authors. Browse to locate works including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.

BlackWords provides access to a vast record of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and their publications in forms of creative writing. This article, by Dr Jeanine Leane (PDF) outlines the resources that are available through BlackWords, and how teachers might use these to meaningfully embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into the curriculum.

 

 

ReTold

• A re-telling of stories and songs from "Myths and Legends of the Torres Strait"

Video: Stories Under Tagai: Traditional Stories from the Torres Strait

 

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The University of Melbourne: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School Curricula

• Provides classroom activities linked directly to the Australian Curriculum.

 

Year 8 Unit of Work: Ways of Being

• This unit of work, Ways of Being, allows students to explore ideas of cultural identity — specifically Aboriginal identity — and belonging, and how these are embedded in language.

 

In My Blood it Runs

• This lesson plan has been developed specifically for Years 9 and 10 English; however, could translate to the senior years and to other faculties such as RE.