Curriculum Resources

Teachers will support students to explore the meaning and purpose of this year’s theme, Be Brave. Make Change.

Using a short Ninti One film as a stimulus, students develop an understanding of ‘doing business Aboriginal way’ so as to be able to constructively compare non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business attitudes, approaches and aspirations.

With the support of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, students work together to create a shared artwork to display somewhere in their school.

Through a personalised research and invitation-crafting activity, children learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their local or wider Australian community, and the value of welcoming them into their learning environments.

Through an incursion or excursion, students learn about the historical and cultural significance of the Country on which their school is situated, and about other culturally significant sites in their local area.

Through safe reflection, discussion and further questioning sessions, students learn not to keep their questions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures ‘boxed up,’ as acknowledging what we don’t know is just as important as acknowledging what we do know when it comes to building cultural competence.

Students develop a respect for, and understanding of, First Nations protocols, including Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country.

Students develop an understanding of the difference between equality and equity.

Students critically consider opportunities for confronting ‘invisible,’ covert racism with overt, visible demonstrations of respect.

Unleash the natural forces of K'gari to destroy one of Australia's first fake news stories with an exciting classroom resource based on an interactive animation, K’gari.

This activity utilises a range of map representations to engage students in thinking about the languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia and the distinct physical and socio-cultural geographies to which they belong.

Students explore the meaning and purpose of the National Reconciliation Week (NRW) theme and create their own NRW poster.

Students explore the meaning and purpose of the National Reconciliation Week (NRW) theme and create their own NRW poster.

The theme for NRW 2018 is Don’t Keep History A Mystery. Use the NRW 2018 poster as a stimulus for inspiring further research, reflection and discussion about reconciliation.

Teachers will support students to explore the meaning and purpose of this year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Be a Voice for Generations.

Drawing on the NRW 2021 poster, educators will support children to explore the meaning and purpose of this year’s theme, More than a word. Reconciliation takes action.

Through engaging with translations of a song into a number of different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, students will develop a shared appreciation of, and pride in, the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.

In this activity, students collect a range of news articles about a local or national issue that relates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and reconciliation.

Students engage with a range of different film clips from the Mother Tongue project, produced by ABC open. In doing so, they are encouraged to appreciate both the diversity and significance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, cultures, stories and identities.

In this activity, students develop their own unique and meaningful Acknowledgement of Country that they can use on an ongoing basis.