Franklin River Workshop Debate: 1983

Students explore both sides of the issue during the Franklin River Debate Workshop.

Relive history and explore the impact of ‘people power’ during the 1983 Franklin River Debate.

During the Franklin River Debate Workshop, students will explore conservation issues as they examine objects that uncover both sides of the Tasmanian dam debate.

In one of either the heritage House of Representatives or Senate chambers, they will have the chance to role-play in costume as historic Australian politicians debating the World Heritage Properties Conservation Bill 1983, in the very place that it happened.

This program is eligible for the Parliamentary and Civics Education Rebate (PACER). For your school to receive the rebate you must apply at least three weeks before your visit.

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*Australian Curriculum V8.3 – Curriculum Learning Areas

HASS

Year 4

Pose questions to investigate people, events, places and issues (ACHASSI073)
Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations (ACHASSI074)
Sequence information about people’s lives and events (ACHASSI076)
The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people (ACHASSK088)
The custodial responsibility Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have for Country/Place, and how this influences views about sustainability (ACHASSK089)
The use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably (ACHASSK090)

Year 5

Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges (ACHASSI094)
Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present (ACHASSI099)
Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions (ACHASSI101)
The influence of people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australian places (ACHASSK112)
The environmental and human influences on the location and characteristics of a place and the management of spaces within them (ACHASSK113)

Year 6

Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges (ACHASSI122)
Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present (ACHASSI127)
Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions (ACHASSI129)
Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others (ACHASSI131)
Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children (ACHASSK135)
The contribution of individuals and groups to the development of Australian society since Federation (ACHASSK137)

English

Year 4

Understand that social interactions influence the way people engage with ideas and respond to others for example when exploring and clarifying the ideas of others, summarising their own views and reporting them to a larger group (ACELA1488)
Understand differences between the language of opinion and feeling and the language of factual reporting or recording (ACELA1489)
Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience (ACELA1490)
Use interaction skills such as acknowledging another’s point of view and linking students’ response to the topic, using familiar and new vocabulary and a range of vocal effects such as tone, pace, pitch and volume to speak clearly and coherently (ACELY1688)

Year 5

Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships (ACELA1501)
Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions and take account of differing perspectives and points of view (ACELA1502)
Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504)
Show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, objective and subjective language, and that these can change according to context (ACELY1698)

Year 6

Understand that cohesive links can be made in texts by omitting or replacing words (ACELA1520)
Make connections between students’ own experiences and those of characters and events represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts (ACELT1613)
Compare texts including media texts that represent ideas and events in different ways, explaining the effects of the different approaches (ACELY1708)
Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text (ACELY1711)