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Aboriginal Education K–12 Berry Time by Maureen (Mindali) Wenzel, descendent of the Bundjalung Nation © 2010 Resource guide. Volume 2 Acknowledgments The Aboriginal education K-12 resource guide. Volume 2 has been developed by School Libraries, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre, in consultation with Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate. The publication has been endorsed by the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Incorporated. The NSW Department of Education and Communities would like to acknowledge those state, regional and local Aboriginal Education Consultants and Assistants, and other educators, who contributed to this resource. Project Group Connie Ah See, Consultant Renette Burgess, Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate Elizabeth Chase, School Libraries, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Colleen Foley, School Libraries, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Gloria Provest, Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate Sally Rasaiah, School Libraries, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Raylene Saunders, Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate Cathy Sly, School Libraries, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Maureen (Mindali) Wenzel, Consultant Aboriginal Education, Western Sydney Region Thank you to Kim Johnston, for assistance with resources. Specialist reviewers for this project Information about reviewers can be found on page 175. Cover illustration Berry Time by Maureen (Mindali) Wenzel, descendent of the Bundjalung Nation © 2010. In traditional times, the ripening of bush berries signified a new season and bountiful harvest for the gatherers. Information and support Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Inc. For further information about the reviews see Scan reviews Contact Colleen Foley, Leader School Libraries and Information Literacy Phone (02) 9886 7488 Email [email protected] © NSW Department of Education and Communities, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre. 2012 ISBN 9780731387069 SCIS 1503609 Aboriginal Education K–12 Resource guide. Volume 2 Contents Acknowledgments 2 Foreword 4 Using this resource 5 Evaluating resources 5 Additional resources 5 Resources reviews 7 Abstracts of key Department & BOS NSW documents and resources 7 Primary fiction 17 Primary Information, Poetry and Drama 28 Secondary fiction 54 Secondary Information, Poetry and Drama 62 Internet 124 Professional 157 Reviewers 175 Index 176 Contents © State of New South Wales through the NSW 3 Department of Education and Communities, 2012 Aboriginal Education K–12 Resource guide. Volume 2 Foreword The NSW Department of Education and Communities is committed to increased knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories and communities by all students and teachers. All students are entitled to quality, culturally appropriate resources. The Aboriginal education K–12 resource guide: Volume 2 supports teachers, Aboriginal education workers and school communities by providing reviews to assist schools, in partnership with their communities, to select appropriate resources which support ongoing learning about cultural understandings in Aboriginal education across the curriculum. The 500 reviews in this second volume build on the 349 reviews published in the first volume of the Aboriginal education K–12: resource guide. It also updates information about Department of Education and Communities, and Board of Studies NSW resources abstracted in the earlier volume. This will assist schools and communities to be aware of the range of resources available to support Aboriginal education K-12. In developing Volume 2 of the Aboriginal education K-12 resource guide, School Libraries project team members in NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre worked with colleagues in Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate, and consulted with the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Incorporated. I commend the Aboriginal education K–12 resource guide: Volume 2 to you. It will provide positive support for student learning by supporting teachers and school communities to select culturally appropriate resources for Aboriginal studies across all learning areas. Raju Varanasi Director NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre 4 © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Communities, 2012 Aboriginal Education K–12 Resource guide. Volume 2 Using this resource In keeping with the Aboriginal Education and Training policy, increasing understandings of the cultures, histories and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Australia’s First Peoples, is everybody’s business. This Aboriginal education K–12 resource guide: Volume 2 provides reviews to assist schools, in partnership with their communities, to select appropriate resources which support Aboriginal education across the curriculum. Consultation with local Aboriginal communities is important to ensure relevance of resources, as some materials may be sensitive or unacceptable to particular Aboriginal groups. Evaluating resources A critical approach to the use of resources is important. When considering the appropriateness of a resource for Aboriginal education, consult with the local Aboriginal community, and think about key criteria such as those on pages 15 to 17 of the earlier Aboriginal education K–12: resource guide. These pages offer questions which can be used for discussion with teachers and students. Students and teachers can also use online tools, such as those available in Links4Learning. To access Links4Learning 24/7, NSW Department teachers and students go to their portal and select library. Selected links to support evaluating resources are included in the Information skills section. Additional resources Readers may also wish to refer to the 349 reviews published in the first volume of the Aboriginal education K–12: resource guide. This second volume updates information about Department of Education and Communities and Board of Studies NSW resources available to support Aboriginal education K-12. The compilation of resources in both issues of the Aboriginal education K-12 resources guide, does not constitute the full range that is available for teachers and students. Information is also available at: • Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate (intranet) • NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Inc. • Board of Studies NSW • Resource reviews • Scan reviews • TaLe © State of New South Wales through the NSW 5 Department of Education and Communities, 2012 Aboriginal Education K–12 Resource guide. Volume 2 User levels in the reviews are given in Stages as follows: Early Stage 1 for preschool/kindergarten/early childhood Stage 1 Years 1–2 Stage 2 Years 3–4 Stage 3 Years 5–6 Stage 4 Years 7–8 Stage 5 Years 9–10 Stage 6 Years 11–12 Community for community/parent/adult Professional for teachers 6 © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Communities, 2012 Aboriginal Education K–12 Resource guide. Volume 2 Resources reviews community involvement in the classroom. The kit Abstracts of key Department includes, for example, stories and songs from Aboriginal communities, in a range of Aboriginal languages. The & BOS NSW documents and majority of artwork and text is by Aboriginal children and adults from across New South Wales. The big resources books feature Aboriginal people, and the language used Resources are in Dewey order. For information about and includes Aboriginal English. Reflecting the diversity of copies of selected Departmental resources visit Aboriginal communities, these elements of the kit also Aboriginal Education, and Aboriginal Education and present positive, contemporary images of Aboriginal life Training (intranet). in New South Wales, and accurately represent the views See also Board of Studies NSW resources. of Aboriginal people. Of benefit to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students, the kit has four satchels. Those for Early Stage 1, Stage 1, and Stage 2 each contain five Effective English as an Additional Language/ big books and four or five accompanying small books. The Dialect Pedagogies program fourth satchel includes: teacher’s blackline proformas; a teacher’s handbook; an additional big book for teaching; ABSTRACT and an audiotape. Information for teachers includes A professional development workshop delivered by strategies, and a discussion of some issues related to the Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate, literacy and Aboriginal communities. the Effective English as an Additional Language/Dialect USER LEVEL: Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Pedagogies (EAL/D) program has been developed to Professional provide teachers with knowledge, skills and practical KLA: English; HSIE K–6 strategies for teaching Aboriginal students who use a non-standard dialect as their first home language. EAL/D SYLLABUS: English K–6; HSIE K–6 supports teachers to plan and implement quality teaching Distributed to DET primary and central programs in the areas of literacy and language acquisition schools in order to improve learning outcomes for Aboriginal Some of the titles in the kit are: students in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander After school SCIS 918146 Education Action Plan Focus schools. The course is Big mob books for little fullas [sound SCIS 919082 registered with the NSW Institute of Teachers. For further recording] information contact EAL/D Consultant, Aboriginal Blackline masters: