The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has today launched a new Human Rights Education resource for use in Australian schools.
The Bringing them home Education Module provides students and teachers with a range of resources based on Bringing them home the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families.
Bringing them home was first published in 1997. It is the report of a two-year National Inquiry which looked at the effects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being forcibly removed from their families throughout this century.
The Bringing them home Education module has been designed using cutting edge internet technologies including Flash and is available online at: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/bth or on CD-Rom.
The module module will help students explore:
" the history, laws and practices of forcible separation of Indigenous children from their families " the effects of separation on individuals, families, communities " the recommendations aimed at healing the pain caused by separation " responses to the Bringing them home report since it was first published
Activities and teaching resources for Junior (Yrs 6-8) and Senior (Yrs 9-11) students will help teachers and students to investigate this important part of Australian history.
Additionally, the Commission has prepared detailed documents establishing links with curricula across each State and Territory. These curriculum links documents provide teachers with language to describe outcomes linked to the Bringing them home Education module in their programming.
Launching the new module at the Commission's annual Human Rights Medal and
Awards Ceremony today, Commission President John von Doussa QC said 'The
Bringing them home module helps students explore one of the most tragic
episodes in Australian history the forcible removal of Indigenous
children from their families. It looks at the findings and the
recommendations of the Commissions National Inquiry into the Separation
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From Their Families, and
what has happened since the report was tabled in 1997. It also looks at
the effects of separation on individuals, families and communities. Let me
be clear - the aim of the Bringing them home resource is not to present a
singular and uncritical approach to understanding Australias past. Rather, we understand how important it is for young people to have
reliable information and resources, to be able to ask questions, analyse,
debate and, finally, draw their own conclusions.
Access the Bringing them home Education Module online at: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/bth
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