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• Focus question for the task
• 2 Relevant primary or/and secondary sources
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Australia Currciulum links:

Depth Study: Civil rights

• The significance of the following for the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: 1962 right to vote federally; 1967 Referendum; Reconciliation; Mabo decision; Bringing Them Home Report (the Stolen Generations), the Apology ACDSEH106
• Methods used by civil rights activists to achieve change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and the role of ONE individual or group in the struggle ACDSEH134
• Background to the struggle of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples for rights and freedoms before 1965, including the 1938 Day of Mourning and the Stolen Generations ACDSEH104
• The continuing nature of efforts to secure civil rights and freedoms in Australia and throughout the world, such as the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) ACDSEH143

Historical Skills

• Identify and select different kinds of questions about the past to inform historical inquiry ACHHS184

• Use historical terms and concepts ACHHS183

• Use chronological sequencing to demonstrate the relationship between events and developments in different periods and places ACHHS182

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