Australian Curriculum - Year 10 History - Rights and Freedoms bunting timeline

This resource is designed to assists students with identifying, sequencing and explaining events which were significant in both the global and Australian Civil Rights movements. You may wish to assign each student, pair or small group a flag to work on or alternatively have them select their own. In addition to conducting their own research students may wish to record references, add an image or interesting fact to their flag. Once all flags have been completed you may want to complete a gallery walk to have students complete the summary worksheet or have them present their findings verbally. In addition, this resource can be used as an interactive display to consolidate learning and as an chronological sequencing activity.

Included in this resource:

* 2 x designs of title flags

* 1 x A4 blank bunting template

* 33 unique events, decades and individuals to select from

* Blank and scaffolded version for differentiation

* 2 x worksheets (10 or 20 spaces) for students to create their own timeline of significant decades, events and individuals for their own study notes.

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Australian Curriculum Year 10 History content descriptors linked to this product:

Historical Knowledge and Understanding:

Overview:

• the major movements for rights and freedom in the world and the achievement of independence by former colonies (ACOKFH022)

Depth Study: Rights and freedoms (1945 – the present)

• The origins and significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including Australia’s involvement in the development of the declaration (ACDSEH023)
• Background to the struggle of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples for rights and freedoms before 1965, including the 1938 Day of Mourning and the Stolen Generations (ACDSEH104)
• The US civil rights movement and its influence on Australia (ACDSEH105)
• The significance of the following for the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: 1962 right to vote federally; 1967 Referendum; Reconciliation; Mabo decision; Bringing Them Home Report (the Stolen Generations), the Apology (ACDSEH106)

Historical Skills:

• Use chronological sequencing to demonstrate the relationship between events and developments in different periods and places (ACHHS182)
• Use historical terms and concepts (ACHHS183)

(Please note this resource is a black and white A4 PDF file)