social studies joiurnal – about the movie kanyini – points! – 14/3

• Kanyini is a story told by an Aboriginal man, Bob Randall, who lives beside the most greatest monolith in the world, Uluru in central Australia.
• Tha movie wich is based on Bobs own personal journey and the wisdon he learnt from the old perople living in the bush wich they call elders, Bob tells the tale of why Indigenous people are now struggling in a modern  world and what needs to be done for Indigenous people to move foward.
• Tale of Indigenous wisdom clashing against materialist notions of Progress, this is not a stroy of one man ansd his people but the story of the human race.
• KANYINI runs for 35 minitues and is rated PG.
• KANYINI was voted “BEST DOCUMENTARY” at the London Australia film festival in 2007

Here is were you can watch a trailer of the movie KANYINI :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvoAE27I9gg

Journal entry 1 – CST/IST 2 – 12/3

1.) Define the term ‘wired generation’. I think that the weird generation means that everyone in the generation is weird because thet the world today is all revolving around the Internet, everything taht people do is involved in the Internet, now thats what i think that the term ‘weird generation’ means.
2.) Provide examples of FIVE different social community sites. (Create hyperlinks).

1. www.capazoo.com

2.  www.bebo.com 

3. www.myspace.com

4. www.fotolog.com

5. www.ilike.com

3.) Choose ONE of the list above a describe why it is used and how it could be misused. www.bebo.com – It is used for people to seng people messages and to create an account, put thier picture on there accouunt, and make thier account look the best. It can be missuesed by people stalking and adding people they dont that will cause cyber bullieng and stalking.

journal entry for SPJ

1. What will you achieve today? Get to now our group members and get alot of work done and ge6t a fair bit into the project and make a excellent start and a excellent finish.
2. How will it be achieved?By working as a group and trusting one another.
3. What are you responsible for in this group? Well we are a group sp everyone ahs a fair share for everything so we do all the work not one person.

journal entry for SPJ

1. What will you achieve today? Get to now our group members and get alot
2. How will it be achieved?
3. What are you responsible for in this group

Charles Perkins March 10, 2008

Answer True or False to these questions

The Walgett RSL Club barred indigenous people form membership. – - True
 Some Walgett citizens welcomed the Freedom Riders with flowers – - True
In Moree Freedom riders protested outside the swimming pool – - False
As a result all Aboriginal children were allowed to swim in the pool at any time. – - True
Moree resident pelted the Freedom riders with eggs and fruit when they returned – - True
The Freedom Riders used Civil Disobedience tactics such as blocking the entrance to the pool in Moree. – - True 
 

Charles Perkins March 10, 2008

Answer True or False to these questions

The Walgett RSL Club barred indigenous people form membership. – - True
 Some Walgett citizens welcomed the Freedom Riders with flowers – - True
In Moree Freedom riders protested outside the swimming pool – - False
As a result all Aboriginal children were allowed to swim in the pool at any time. – - True
Moree resident pelted the Freedom riders with eggs and fruit when they returned – - True
The Freedom Riders used Civil Disobedience tactics such as blocking the entrance to the pool in Moree. – - True 
 

analysing a poem – my poem – 07/03/08

My poemWenona Gardner~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Dream for the Future by Wenona Gardner (Mohican/Oneida) (C) 2002 . I dream a world where the love between a man & a woman is sacred and beautiful that it is healing & soothing. . Where in my world a man’s touches are warm and gentle. Children grow up with loving fathers. Where men look out for little ones, women, and all elders. I dream that women can feel safe without fear of being beaten, raped, or killed. . And a child can still have a childhood and just simply be a kid. 1.     How does this poem make you feelThis poem makes me feel special but i still have that emotion loss and grief because of what the indigenous people went through.            2.does this poem create a special feeling or mood.this poem creates a mood that just makes you stop and think why did the people of Australia treat these people the way they were treated. 3.what do you think is the meaning of this poem The meaning of this poem to me is hope because even at worse times in our life there is always a sign of hope for each other and to me that is what poems is saying the hope that this world can change and our lives could be so much better if we all treated everyone equally and respected each other’s values and differences.

poem were we are going – individual assesment task – 7/3/08

Were we are going   

   We Are Going                        They came in to the little townA semi-naked band subdued and silentAll that remained of their tribe.They came here to the place of their old bora groundWhere now the many white men hurry about like ants.Notice of the estate agent reads: ‘Rubbish May Be Tipped Here’.Now it half covers the traces of the old bora ring.‘We are as strangers here now, but the white tribe are the strangers.We belong here; we are of the old ways.We are the corroboree and the bora ground,We are the old ceremonies, the laws of the elders.We are the wonder tales of Dream Time, the tribal legends told.We are the past, the hunts and the laughing games, the wandering camp fires.We are the lightening bolt over Gaphembah HillQuick and terrible,And the Thunderer after him, that loud fellow.We are the quiet daybreak paling the dark lagoon.We are the shadow-ghosts creeping back as the camp fires burn low.We are nature and the past, all the old waysGone now and scattered.The scrubs are gone, the hunting and the laughter.The eagle is gone, the emu and the kangaroo are gone from this place.The bora ring is gone.The corroboree is gone.And we are going.’ Oodgeroo Noonuccal  Appreciating “We are Going” by Oodgerooo NoonuccalRead Oodgeroo’s “We are going” (p. 32) and answer these questions on it: 1. Explain why they are “silent and subdued”.2. How are white men represented? Why?3. What is a bora ring and explain why it is so central to this poem.4. Explain their reaction in line 8.5. Lines 9-17 begin a ‘litany’. What is the effect produced?6. Comment on the significance of metaphors used in the poem.7. Comment on the structure and form of this poem.8. Why does Thunder have a capital letter?9. Comment on the mood and atmosphere created here.

1. Combine comments on its theme, title and conclusion

     

1. The Aboriginaies lived pieceful, quiet and happy lives before the invasion.
2. The white men are represented by ants because the europeans were all in a rush running around everywhere.
3. Bora ring means  Australian Aboriginal sacred ground. Because the Aboriginies were so close with the land.
4. The Aboriginies felt they had become strangers but really it was the in vaders who were the strangers
5. The effect produced from the litany is a strong series message to the white in-

 vaders

1. the metaphors in this poem help help to bring more meaning to it and it helps embrace the poem, eg. A semi-naked band subdued and silent
2. the poem is written as a ballet to me it was written in poem form but is a strong message to the white people.
3. Thunderer has a capital letter because that way it could stand out in the line and that the word means something.
4. Theres both a series and silent mood in this poem with the opening a soft gentile script but as it gets to the middle and end of the poem it becomes series because the aborignies show that there way of living is the right way of livingWe belong here, we are of the old ways.

We are the corroboree and the bora ground,We are the old ceremonies, the laws of the elders.We are the wonder tales of Dream Time, the tribal legends told.We are the past, the hunts and the laughing games, the wandering camp fires.We are the lightening bolt over Gaphembah Hill, Quick and terrible

1. I love the language that is used by the aboriginies in this poem and the way it is written by them and the words they used was perfect with the mood and meaning of the poem.

Preamble Cover Page – GRP4_SS_9.3/9.4

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The Australian Government Tender System

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(22.02.08)                                                                                      

To whom it may concern,

We Group 4, Social Studies Class 9.3 of Parramatta Marist High have read the ‘Tender for Amendment of the Preamble to the Constitution to include Indigenous Australians’.  We want to convey our deep concern towards how the rights and freedoms of Indigenous Australians have been affected historically the deliberate actions made by previous Australian governments. 

 These actions have separated children from their mothers and families, this day known as the Stolen Generation.  Recently there was an apology towards the Stolen Generation made by the Australian Commonwealth represented by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.  We will present various statistics related to Indigenous Australians.

Sincerely yours Group 4 of Social Studies 9.3 Parramatta Marist.

Tanuj Kakkar 

Hamish Langdon

Luke Ovelar

Ronnie Talab

Jonathan Timbol

 

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL – SS_GRP4_9.3/9.4

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized on behalf of the Australian Commonwealth to the Indigenous People of Australia, mainly towards the ones known as the Stolen Generation.  The Stolen Generation refers to the indigenous children stolen away from their families to be taken to internment camps, orphanages and some other institutions to be rehabilitated for the “greater good”.  They were given new (white) names and taught the ‘proper’ way to live amongst the white community.  This was a deliberate action made by the Australian Government and various Church Missions between 1869 and 1969.      

The Stolen Generation only recently received major public attention in Australia after the major publication in 1997 called “Bringing Them Home”.  Bringing Them Home is the title to the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families in April 1997. (http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/report/index.html) 

There is also a 2002 movie ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ that raises the people’s awareness of the Stolen Generation and the Australian Government’s actions.  This movie follows three girls who are taken away from their home and are taken to an internment camp to be made ‘white’.  The three girls want to go home and escape from the internment camp, although soon the staff realise this and alert the authorities, putting the three girls in danger as they try find their way back home. 

  

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized on behalf of the Australian Commonwealth to the Indigenous People of Australia, mainly towards the ones known as the Stolen Generation.  The Stolen Generation refers to the indigenous children stolen away from their families to be taken to internment camps, orphanages and some other institutions to be rehabilitated for the “greater good”.  They were given new (white) names and taught the ‘proper’ way to live amongst the white community.  This was a deliberate action made by the Australian Government and various Church Missions between 1869 and 1969.      

The Stolen Generation only recently received major public attention in Australia after the major publication in 1997 called “Bringing Them Home”.  Bringing Them Home is the title to the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families in April 1997. (http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/report/index.html) 

There is also a 2002 movie ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ that raises the people’s awareness of the Stolen Generation and the Australian Government’s actions.  This movie follows three girls who are taken away from their home and are taken to an internment camp to be made ‘white’.  The three girls want to go home and escape from the internment camp, although soon the staff realise this and alert the authorities, putting the three girls in danger as they try find their way back home.