Humanities Links
Living in Communities
Multicultural Australia Links
Links to sites about several different ethnic groups living in Australia.
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/immanuel/htm/multicultural.htm
ABS: Year Book Australia
This section of the Australian Bureau of Statistics provides current information on population trends in Australia.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/2.6.4!OpenView&Start=1&Count=100
0&Expand=1#1
Key Facts in Immigration
This is a brief summary of key Australian immigration and migrant settlement statistics.
http://www.immi.gov.au/facts/02key.htm
The Australian Family
Online exhibition about family life in Australia that includes picture books and stories.
http://amol.org.au/theaustralianfamily/index.htm
Kidlink: Multicultural Calendar
This site contains recipes for holiday foods, historical background, significance of the holidays and the special ways in which these days
are observed.
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
Geoscience Australia Maps
Click on large map of Australia to zoom in on different regions.
http://www.auslig.gov.au/facts/map.htm
Australian Cites and States
Map of capital cities in each state of Australia.
http://www.australianexplorer.com/australian_cities.htm
Australian Local Governments and Community Groups
Links to local councils around Australia.
http://www.alga.asn.au/links/councils.php
HREOC: Human Rights
This article discusses the term, Human Rights, and explains it in a simple way.
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/info_for_students/index.html
HREOC: Human Rights FAQ
The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission answers questions about Human Rights and provides information on race and gender
discrimination.
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/faqs/students.html
Racism: No Way
Games room where students participate in games that teach about Racism.
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/gamesroom/index.html
Planet Tolerance
Interactive site that teaches students about tolerance through the use of games and simulations.
http://www.tolerance.org/pt/index.html
Tindale's Map of Aboriginal Tribal Areas
Tindale's map of Aboriginal group boundaries at the time of European contact, published in 1974. Click on the map to zoom in.
http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindale/boundaries_intro.htm
Dreaming Stories
All over Australia, Dreaming stories tell of the ancestor spirits who
created the land and everything on it.
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm
Cultural Diversity
This lesson aims to help students understand Australia as a multicultural society.
http://www.deakin.edu.au/~ausjapan/800X600/lessons/lesson7.html
Australia's Religious Diversity
Students identify major world religions and forms of spirituality and recognise the religious diversity of communities in Australia.
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/classroom/lesson_ideas/20020124_42.html
Webquest: People Working in our Community
Learn about the jobs that people working in the community do.
http://www.eats.ecsd.net/curricular/webquest/community/
Community Groups
Students make a documentary about one of the groups in their community.
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage2_Modules/communities/commu
nity_groups.htm
Which Group?
Webquest related to community groups.
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage1_Modules/groups/index.htm
Community Webquest
Students create a profile of their community.
http://www.seekonk.k12.ma.us/webquests/CommunityWebquest.html
Webquest: Harmony Day
Students plan an Harmony Day celebration for their class.
http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/harmony/party/
Webquest: Create a Community Shopping Centre
Your local shopping centre management wants to redevelop the local shopping
centre.
http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/harmony/shopping/
Countering racism
These lessons address assumptions related to history, land and other issues of prejudice.
http://www.natsiew.nexus.edu.au/homepage/counteringracism/countering.html
Multicultural Pavilion
Resources and dialogues for equity in education.
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections
IECC is dedicated to helping teachers connect with other teachers to arrange intercultural email connections between their students.
http://www.iecc.org/
We Are All Boat People
Organisation that opposes government policies on refugees and asylum seekers.
http://www.boat-people.org/index.html
HREOC: Face The Facts
Face the Facts draws on information from a wide variety of sources, to
correct what the HREOC sees as some common myths about refugees.
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/racial_discrimination/face_facts/
State Multicultural Organisations Links
Links to state government multicultural affairs organisations in Australia.
http://www.immi.gov.au/multicultural/links.htm
Australians Against Racism: Voices of Hope Stories
Prize winning stories about racism contributed by students from across
Australia.
http://www.australiansagainstracism.org/
Making Multicultural Australia
This site aims to assist teachers to find and develop resources to assist in teaching about multiculturalism in Australia.
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.gov.au/
The Language Investigator
The site provides a number of opportunities for investigating languages together with links to multilingual materials which will support the
teacher in developing them.
http://www.language-investigator.co.uk/index.htm
Australian Indigenous Languages
Addresses, dictionaries, and place names of Aboriginal Australia.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/LangHome.html
NSW Aboriginal Land Council
NSW Aboriginal Land Council aims to protect the interests and further the aspirations of its members and the broader Aboriginal community.
http://www.alc.org.au/
Multicultural Community Services and Groups Links
Links to ethnic communities, councils and other organisations in Australia.
http://www.community.gov.au/Internet/Mfmc/community.nsf/pages/[...]
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