An education resource for Australian secondary school teachers

Voices of Australia: Education Module allows for the different stories of Australian people to be heard and celebrated in the classroom. Students will increase their awareness about experiences of diversity, discrimination, race relations, friendship, and respect.

The teaching and learning activities in this module are curriculum linked and applicable for use in:

• upper primary Civics and Citizenship
• lower secondary Civics and Citizenship/ English/ Personal Development/ Arts
• post compulsory Legal Studies, English, Modern History

Module

• Download module (PDF)
• Foreword by Tom Calma
• Learning Outcomes

Activities

• 1 - Discussion Game
• 2 - Role Play
• 3 - Map and Timeline
• 4 - Listening
• 5 - Legal Investigation
• 6 - Research Project
• 7 - Creative Expression
• 8 - Vocabulary Fun

Additional Info

• Further Links
• Suggested Answers
• Curriculum Links
• Audio Transcripts

Evaluation

• Feedback form
• Order copies

Download

• Chapter and PDF downloads

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The 'Voices of Australia’ magazine features a collection of real-life stories about diversity and living together in contemporary Australia as well as other information about the Racial Discrimination Act.

Click here to download Voices of Australia magazine in PDF Format - 6.05MB

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Please provide your feedback

The Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission is always working to improve our human rights education resources to ensure that they are useful to teachers and engaging and informative for students.

Did you find the resources and activities useful in your classroom? Did the formats available suit your needs? What other formats or resources would be useful to you?

Feel free to email your comments to: education@humanrights.gov.au or fill out the Feedback and Evalulation form.