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Case Studies

In 2001 the Discovering Democracy School Materials Project began to develop case studies of good civics education practice for the Discovering Democracy website. The aim of the case studies is to demonstrate innovative approaches to civics education in school settings with significant indigenous student populations.
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/case.htm

Ross Smith Secondary School, South Australia
A unit on law and justice for Years 7-8
Tarwin Lower Primary School, Victoria
Exploring Indigenous art and dance
Aranda Primary School, ACT
Ballarat Secondary College, East Campus, Victoria
Caroline Chisolm High School, ACT
Centenary State High School, Queensland
Claremont College, Tasmania
A unit on Indigenous issues for Year 11 students, with a distinct Tasmanian focus.
Gillen Primary School, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Kalkadoon State High School, Mt Isa, Queensland
Narara Valley Secondary School on the New South Wales Central Coast
Port Lincoln High School, South Australia
Redlynch State School, Queensland
Rosetta Primary School, Tasmania
St Mary's College, Broome, Western Australia
Tennant Creek High School, Northern Territory
A program for Years 8 and 9 Indigenous students that looks at current and historical issues about Indigenous political and civil rights.
Virginia State School, Queensland
Travelling the road to reconciliation: school and community projects for Year 6 and Year 7 students.
Yirara College, Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Case Study of Kalkadoon State High School www.kalkadooshs.qld.edu.au
The year 8 unit 'Laws and Rights' was an 11-week unit developed as part of the SOSE program by teachers Terry O'Neill and Ashleigh Quested. The program ran for five classes per week for a total of 175 minutes per week.

A major focus, given the school's remote location and access to Indigenous communities, was the local history of contact between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and the development of self governing Indigenous communities within the context of the Australian system of government.

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/case_studies/birginia/v_links.htm

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