Bringing them home education module
Bringing them home DVD Activity
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To introduce students to the history of separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families through storytelling. One key theme here is the function of oral history and how personal histories can inform social histories.
The DVD is an excellent tool for linking the personal stories and experiences of Indigenous people with the broader Australian history. In particular, it's a good starting point for students to think about 'assimilation', a keyword in Australian history.
The DVD contains:
- personal experiences from several Indigenous people who were removed as children
- images of missions, the reserves and institutions that Indigenous people were removed to after being removed from their families
- newsreels from the period
- explanations and comments by Mick Dodson (former Aboriginal Social Justice Commissioner) and Sir Ronald Wilson (former President of HREOC) who were hearing Commissioners for the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families
- songs from artists such as Archie Roach.
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