Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures – Cross-curriculum learning

Advice on embedding the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures cross curriculum priority in your HSIE programs.

Whilst the Learning across the Curriculum content – cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures is embedded in syllabus content through the process of tagging, teachers have requested guidance to identify:

  • a continuum of conceptual development in each of the cross-curriculum priorities
  • examples of what this looks like in each of the stages of learning.

This resource aims to further develop an understanding of the cross-curriculum priority, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, identified in the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration. The purpose of this document to give examples of what this concept looks like in Stage 4 and Stage 5 HSIE, to support all Australians to engage in reconciliation, respect and recognition of the world’s oldest continuous living cultures.

Syllabus

Please note:

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from History K-10 (2012) Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2012

Syllabus

Please note:

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Geography K-10 (2012) Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2012

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