AC9HH7K07 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

the cultural obligations of First Nations Australians about significant heritage sites, including ancestral remains, material culture and artefacts, and the role of collaboration between First Nations Australians and other individuals and groups to ensure cultural preservation

Elaborations

• 1 recognising how the human remains of early First Nations Australians are the ancestors of contemporary First Nations Peoples of Australia and, as such, any unauthorised disturbance is taken as a serious breach of cultural protocol
• 2 exploring how the ancestral remains found at Lake Mungo (Willandra Lakes region) illustrate the issues of ownership, cultural protocols, research and repatriation
• 3 examining the importance of consultation with multiple stakeholders when conserving culture and heritage sites; for example, the collaboration between the Traditional Owners and researchers
• 4 investigating world heritage criteria for the listing of significant sites such as the Budj Bim and Willandra Lakes regions, and cultural landscapes such as Uluru-Kata Tjuta and Kakadu
• 5 examining the role of national and state/territory galleries, libraries, archives, museums, historical societies and field-sites in curating, conserving and showcasing First Nations Australians’ histories and cultures

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