Resources for Reconciliation

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27 May to 3 June 2021. Learn more about the theme for Reconciliation Week this year.

Scroll down for units of work, articles and essays from PETAA that relate to the cross curriculum priority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.

New Whole School Units for National Reconciliation Week 2021

Illustration of children swimming together inthe cover of the book Two Mates

The art of belonging — I belong with people

Based on the book Two Mates
Lower Primary Unit of Work
Member resource

A girl in a tree and a white cockatoo in flight on the cover of Landing with Wings

The art of belonging — I belong in a place

Based on the book Landing with Wings
Upper Primary Unit of Work
Member resource

Also new for members in the 2021 PETAA Teacher’s Guide to the CBCA Shortlist: an Information Books unit of work for Foundation to Year 4 based on Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu and for Younger readers, a unit of work for Years 4–6, based on the book Bindi.

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Ten book covers for books featured in the list below

If you are not logged in as a member only the open content, freely available units of work displayed below. Log in to access many more. Membership gives you access to a broad range of publications and texts including PETAA Webinars — and that access is just one of the many benefits of PETAA membership. Discover the benefits of PETAA membership.

Go Home, Cheeky Animals!

Date of Publication: 6/3/2017
In the teachers’ guide to the 2017 CBCA Short List, an Australian Curriculum: English based unit of work for Foundation to Year 2, with links to Mathematics and Science, based on the book by Johanna Bell and Dion Beasley

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Stories to unite us

Date of Publication: 3/1/2013
This Global Words unit explores Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures via texts.

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Night and Day

Date of Publication: 3/1/2013
This English for the Australian Curriculum unit employs Dreaming stories, folktales and science.

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People, place, language and song

Date of Publication: 3/1/2013
In this Global Words unit, concepts are explored as they relate to AATSI people and their cultures.

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Ways of being

Date of Publication: 3/1/2013
This Global Words unit for Y8 explores ideas of cultural identity, specifically Aboriginal identity.

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Reading the landscape

Date of Publication: 3/1/2013
An English for the Australian Curriculum unit with a theme of investigating the geographical world.

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1788: Was life the same for everyone?

Date of Publication: 3/1/2013
This English for the Australian Curriculum unit of inquiry closely examines a range of texts types

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Patterns

Date of Publication: 3/1/2013
An English for the Australian Curriculum unit that examines patterns in literature and language.

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Nanberry: Black Brother White

Date of Publication: 8/15/2012
In the teacher's guide to the 2012 CBCA shortlist: An Australian Curriculum: English based unit of work for Middle to Upper Primary featuring the focus text Nanberry: Black Brother White by Jackie French.

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Units in Global Words: English and Geography for Global Citizenship Education

Book covers and images from units of work featured in list below

Indigenous peoples: Stories to unite us

A unit of work for Years 3 and 4 to explore aspects of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, using the picture books You and Me: Our Place by Leonie Norrington and Dee Huxley and Yorta Yorta stories retold in Stories from the Billabong.

Indigenous peoples: People, place, language and song

A unit of work for Year 5 with texts that include music video clips and illustrated books through which concepts of place, language and song are explored as they relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures.

Indigenous peoples: Ways of being

A unit of work for Year 8 to explore ideas of cultural identity and belonging, specifically Aboriginal identity through Aboriginal English, with The Binna Binna Man by Meme McDonald & Boori Monty Pryor, and Indigenous poetry and rap.

Essays and practical articles

If you are not logged in as a member only the open content, freely available articles below. Log in to access many more. Membership gives you access to a broad range of publications and texts including PETAA Webinars — and that access is just one of the many benefits of PETAA membership. Discover the benefits of PETAA membership.

PEN 093 — Aboriginal English

Date of Publication: 7/1/1995
In the series later re-named PETAA Papers, this PEN by Diana Eades focuses on issues for Aboriginal children and English language teaching in primary schools, including the language skills and strengths, and needs of Aboriginal children

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PEN 120 — Language tracks: Aboriginal English and the classroom

Date of Publication: 6/15/1999
In the series later re-named PETAA Papers, the purpose of this PEN by Lee Simpson, Geoff Munns and Sue Clancy is to encourage teachers of Aboriginal students to see how Aboriginal English is a pivotal element of their classroom relationships

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PEN 150 —Teaching students who speak Aboriginal English

Date of Publication: 9/22/2005
In the series later re-named PETAA Papers, this PEN by Yvonne Haig, Patricia Konigsberg and Glenys Collard explores the relationship and differences of Aboriginal English to Standard Australian English and the implications for teaching.

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Communication ecology

Date of Publication: 10/1/2013
Language as diversity and equity. With reference to the ‘communication ecology’ of the nation, Professor Joseph Lo Bianco reflects on diversity and equity as critical features of literacy in Australia.

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Find more Resources for Reconciliation Week including downloadable and interactive posters on the Reconciliation website.