Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Peoples civil rights

Jigsaw Research
Troy Williamson

In preparation for your persuasive

essay

We have looked at:

The historical background to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
The key events and individuals from the US
civil rights movement.
This jigsaw activity will help outline the key
events and individuals you can refer to in
your persuasive essay.

1938 Day of
Mourning

1965 Australian
Freedom Rides

1967
Referendum

Sarah
Emily
Abby
Claudia
Daniel
Daniel
Trent
William
Brodie

1999 Bringing
Them Home
report

Dylan
Luke
Christopher
Kristen

Jake
2001 Reconciliation Zara
Australia
Claire

Angelika
Kayleigh
Gemma
Bianca

1992 Mabo case

2008 National
Apology

Brandon
Mark
Dylan
William

Dylan
Kaine

When you research as a group, you

must:

Have your own individual slide(s) to show your contribution to the group.
Have a focus question or focus questions for your slide(s), so decide with
your group what question(s) you will do.
Be sure to include your references from where you got your information.
You do not need to reword your research, but focus on key ideas/quotes.
Your job is to summarise and cherry pick your research to use for your
essays. You should not just copy and paste walls of text for people to read.
It is important that you guys take this seriously as this is everyones
research. Worse case scenario, I will add research if a group does not do
enough, but you will not only be letting yourselves down, but the
whole class.

Name: Troy Williamson

Question: What influence did it have in the civil rights movement?
The 1965 Australian Freedom Rides had a great influence on the Australian civil rights
movement by

References:
Collaborating for Indigenous Rights, Freedom Ride, 1965, 2014,
http://indigenousrights.net.au/civil_rights/freedom_ride,_ 1965

Key questions you want to answer for

your research:

You dont have to answer all these questions, they are designed to help guide
your research. You may have more questions once you start researching.
What was the event?
Who was involved in the event?
What methods were used to gain civil rights or highlight/combat racism?
What different perspectives were there? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people? White Australians? Government?
Was there any conflict?
What influence did it have in the Australian civil rights movement? In other
words, how did it contribute to the attainment of civil rights or highlight
Australian racism/segregation?
Are there ongoing complexities of this event?
How should we view this event when reflecting on Australian history? Should
we be celebrating, mourning or both?

Research tips:
You can use Wikipedia ONLY to get an idea about your
topic. Otherwise, it should not be used, unless you
follow the references at the bottom.
Depending on what question you are focusing on, use
the key terms in the search bar.
For example: influence of 1938 Day or Mourning,
different perspectives of 2001 Reconciliation
Australia or effects of the 2008 National Apology
You can find images and quotes, so long as you can
reference where it is from or who said it.
You can use newspaper articles, especially if you are
researching a recent event, so long as they are from a
known newspaper branch.

Referencing:
When referencing sources, note down:
The author/Website name
Title
Year published/created/modified
Website URL
Example:
Department of Aboriginal Affairs, The National
Apology, 2014,
http://www.daa.wa.gov.au/en/information/the-apology/