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Name:___________________________________Topic: Colonization (Causes and Effects), Cultural Diffusion (positives/negatives)
CASE INTRODUCTIONCase #12345
Dear Detective,
In the coming days you will be gathering evidence and then making a recommendation to the judge. The question you will be answering is:
Should Australia Day continue to be celebrated each year?
Sincerely,
Judge ___________________ (teacher’s name)
Case Introduction: Background Information
1. Australia Day is celebrated during the month of __________________.
2. Australia Day celebrates the arrival of the _________________ First Fleet.
3. In the years the followed, the British _______________________ Australia.
4. When the British arrived, the land was owned by ____________________________.
5. There are ______________________ throughout Australia during this time, but there are different opinions about what the ________________ of the celebration should be and if the ___________ of the celebration should change.
Word Bank:
The AboriginescelebrationsBritishnameJanuarydatecolonized
Evidence Piece #1:
Evidence Piece #1 is about ___________________________________________
__________________________________________.
Facts collected (2):
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Based on the evidence, this justifies (circle one):keeping the holiday
orgetting rid of the holiday
Evidence Piece #2:
Evidence Piece #2 is about ___________________________________________
__________________________________________.
Facts collected (2):
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Based on the evidence, this justifies (circle one):keeping the holiday
orgetting rid of the holiday
Evidence Piece #3:
Evidence Piece #3 is about __________________________________________
_________________________________________.
Facts collected (2):
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Evidence Piece #4:
Evidence Piece #4 is about ___________________________________________
__________________________________________.
Facts collected (2):
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Based on the evidence, this justifies (circle one):keeping the holiday
orgetting rid of the holiday
Based on the evidence, this justifies (circle one):keeping the holiday
orgetting rid of the holiday
Evidence Piece #5:
Evidence Piece #5 is about __________________________________________
_________________________________________.
Facts collected (2):
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Based on the evidence, this justifies (circle one):keeping the holiday
orgetting rid of the holiday
Evidence Piece #6:
Evidence Piece #6 is about __________________________________________
_________________________________________.
Facts collected (2):
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Based on the evidence, this justifies (circle one):keeping the holiday
orgetting rid of the holiday
Evidence Piece #7:
Evidence Piece #7 is about __________________________________________
_________________________________________.
Facts collected (2):
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Based on the evidence, this justifies (circle one):keeping the holiday
orgetting rid of the holiday
My Case Recommendation:
You have one sentence to summarize your charges and evidence.Too little and the judge will throw out the case.
Write your recommendation (thesis) here. Be sure to address the question being asked in this case and summarize the evidence to support your conclusion:
________________________________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________________________.
Please select 7 out of the 14 pieces of evidence that you feel would best fit your student population.
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Australia and Oceania: Human GeographyContemporary (Current) Issues
Over the last half-decade, Oceania’s indigenous groups have tried to get more rights.
The Maori Party represents the rights of the Maori in New Zealand. It works to make sure Maori can get jobs and health care.
Aboriginal Australians, like the Maori, have often been treated as less important than the white population. Aborigines are more likely to get sick. They are also more likely to go to prison or be jobless. Their life expectancy is almost 20 years less than non-indigenous people.
A Maori Party rally was organized in 2006 to demand better worker's rights. Photo: Stephen Day/Flickr.
Source: newsela.com, National Geographic (adapted by Newsela) 9/19/2017
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The Statistics:
● 61,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people sought assistance from homelessness services across Australia in 2015- 16.
● In 2016 the number of Aboriginal people experiencing homelessness rose by 16 percent compared with ten per cent in the non-Indigenous population.
Aboriginal: the people who originally lived there, native peoplenon-Indigenous: people who are not from that region or country, non-native
Source: “Fact Sheet: Aboriginal Australians and homelessness.” Council to Homeless Persons. 2016. From http://chp.org.au/homelessness/.
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Australia and Oceania: Human GeographyHistoric Issues
The European colonization of Australia and Oceania defined the continent’s early political geography. Exploration began in the 16th century when Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed on the Mariana Islands. Today, many countries in Oceania have majority European populations and a strong European culture. English is the main language throughout most of the continent.
Indigenous populations were treated harshly during the colonial period. Colonizers implemented their own systems of governance, land management and trade. These efforts had severe consequences that continue to affect indigenous groups and their cultural systems today.Source: newsela.com, National Geographic (adapted by Newsela) 9/19/2017
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Source: https://www.historyextra.com/period/convicts-and-colonisers-the-early-history-of-australia/
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Australia's human rights commission said its report showed an extreme lack of diversity among its leadership. Officials encouraged the country to "get serious" about "unlocking" its potential because the country’s businesses are dependent on trade.
One in four citizens in Australia have non-European backgrounds. For example, their background maybe Asian, African and Oceanian. However, minorities make up only 5% of Australia's top leaders of businesses. Among Indigenous (native) Australians, only one was a chief executive (top business leader).
Source: (adapted and rewordified from original source)Johnson, Ian P. “Multiculturalism: Australia is 'dismal' on diversity - report.” Deutsche Welle. 4 Nov. 2018. From http://www.dw.com/en/multiculturalism-australia-is-dismal-on-diversity-report/a-43336811.
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Disease, dispossession and direct conflict
In 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip and 1,500 convicts, crew, marines and people not in the military arrived at Sydney Cove. In the 10 years that followed, it is estimated that the Native population of Australia was reduced by 90%.[2] Three main reasons for this large population decline were:
- The introduction of new sicknesses - Settler purchase/getting/learning of Native (to) lands - Direct and violent conflict with the colonists (the British)
The most immediate result of colonisation (the arrival of the British) was widespread disease. Some of these diseases included smallpox, measles and influenza. The disease spread faster than the British explored the lands. This led to many Native communities being destroyed. Governor Phillip reported that smallpox had killed half of the Native (to) people in the Sydney area within fourteen months of the First Fleet arriving in Australia.
dispossession: take everything away from people that they owned
Source: (adapted and rewordified from original source)Colinisation. Australia Together. 2017. From https://www.australianstogether.org.au/discover/australian-history/colonisation/.
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Australia and Oceania: Human GeographyHistoric Issues
During the Cold War, the isolated islands of Australia and Oceania were used for nuclear weapons testing by the American, British and French. The most well-known of these experiments were carried out on the Bikini Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands. The U.S. began testing atomic weapons at the Bikini Atoll in 1946.
These tests had devastating human and environmental impacts on the islands. Many people were forcibly removed from their island homes. People who witnessed the tests suffered from high rates of cancer. The ecosystem and habitats of the island were permanently changed.Source: newsela.com, National Geographic (adapted by Newsela) 9/19/2017
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Why are Indigenous people so overrepresented in the homeless population?
There are many past events and current issues that can help us understand why Aboriginal people who live in Victoria, Australia are overrepresented in the
homelessness population.When Australia was colonized, Aboriginal land was taken. They lost possession of it
and their tribes were displaced.The negative effects of colonization went further in 1897 and 1915. It was in these
years that the government controlled the movement of Aboriginal people...Laws changed and into the 1970’s there were government sponsored assimilation policies. This resulted in what is now called the Stolen Generation. The Aboriginal people of the Stolen Generation are still traumatized by what happened during this time. The
effects of this time include homelessness and decreased quality of life.
overrepresent: to be a large portion or percentage ofdisplaced: movedassimilation: being forced to give up your culture and take on the beliefs and culture of another group
Source: (adapted) “Fact Sheet: Aboriginal Australians and homelessness.” Council to Homeless Persons. 2016. From http://chp.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170630-Aboriginal-Australians-and-Homelessness.pdf.
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A Look Inside the Heartbreaking Story of Australia's "Stolen Generation."time: 3:55
Source: A Broad Abroad. Yahoo News. March, 28, 2016
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Source: “Defining Moments in Australian History: Aboriginal Tent Embassy.” National Museum of Australia. Accessed 5/2/2018 http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/aboriginal_tent_embassy
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Source: “Defining Moments in Australian History: Aborigines Protection Act.” National Museum of Australia. Accessed 5/2/2018 http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/aborigines_protection_act
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Sorry, Kevin Rudd's Apology to "The stolen Generation"time 3:12
Kevin Rudd: Prime Minister of Australia in 2008generation: all of the people born and living at about the same time
Source: NewsTen. February 12, 2008
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Meet the Bonds: What does it mean to be ‘Aboriginal middle class’?time 4:56
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). June 27, 2017
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Tasmanian Aborigines People Today
During colonization the population of the Tasmanian Aborigines people greatly decreased. There was an effort by the settlers to remove all Tasmanian Aborigines from the colony of Tasmania.However, today the Tasmanian Aborigine people are thriving in the state. According to the 2011 census, 19,625 people in Tasmania self-identify as Indigenous. This is a 17% increase from the 2006 census.Culture and traditions, passed down by the Aboriginal survivors of early European violence, are alive and well. Traditional skills such as basket and necklace making and mutton birding are prominent in the community, who also participate in ceremony and learning and sharing language with younger generations.
Mutton: a specific type of bird that is used for food, oil, and feathers
Source: (adapted)“Defining Moments in Australian History: Black Line.” National Museum of Australia. Accessed 5/2/2018 http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/the-black-line
