You have a choice of two questions

Task Description This assignment AT1 requires you to demonstrate your engagement with weeks 1- 5 of the unit. The question has 3 parts. Question 1 has 3 parts: Part A, Part B, and Part C.

1.Part A: You must post at least 3 discussion board postings on 3 different weeks in the forum topics in different weeks. Each posting must contain two things: your reflection on the topic or some of the unit content for that week (e.g. an article, an UTube etc. or a lecture discussion point). Your reflection must be supported by at least one academic reference from a refereed source (a journal article or a scholarly chapter from a book). You are required to state how the article/chapter influenced or developed your thinking on that weekly topic.

1. Part B: You must post at least 2 forum posts which are RESPONSES to peer postings. The post you respond to must be one that impressed you in some way and/or influenced your critical thinking or ethical reflection. You are required to state how or why the peer’s writing or his/her reference influenced critical/ethical thinking.

1. Part C: Is your intellectual (scholarly) and ethical learning story and response to the topic: What was the ‘Great Australian Silence’ (as defined by Stanner, 1968) in Australia's history? (about 200 words) and with reference to scholarly literature, identify, consider and analyse:

o The impact of the silence in how Australian history was written: e.g. what was included, the perspective presented, what was omitted, the impact of those omissions. You should illustrate this with key examples. Total for this section about 800 words.

o How the history constructed and imagined the foundational national Australian identity and how this impacted on First Nation Australians. You describe the character of that identity using literature to support your statements (you may draw on history and history as embodied in art and literature). Total for this section about 500 words.

o Draw critical ethical conclusions arising from your study (about 500 words).

Your introduction to the question and description of the Great Australian Silence will be about 200 words). It will state how you will approach this question. It will state what the Great Australian Silence refers to (using scholarly literature).

Body of assignment re how Australian history was written: you must use scholarly literature to identify, consider and analyse how this silence was manifest in the writing of Australian history. In this you will consider and reflect on what was included/excluded in the history; whose perspective was placed on events; and provide examples of events to illustrate your answer. You must consider events that were included omitted or minimised and the impact of the omissions). This section will be about 800 words.

Body re how that history created a construction and imagining of the foundational national Australian identity: again with reference to scholarly literature you will discuss the key attributes of that identity and analyse the impact of that identity (about 500 words).

Conclusion: Your critical and ethical reflection (About 500 words) You have completed the body of your assignment. You have described and identified the Great Australian Silence has impacted/s. You have discussed and analysed how history enabled the creation of a very particular imagining of a foundational national Australian identity. Your conclusion is where you reflect critically and ethically on your understandings of the ethical impact of the Great Australian Silence and the formative Australian national identity. You should consider how it has impacted on justice and human rights for First Nation people and how it has impacted on non-Indigenous people. In this you consider the impact of the inclusion and exclusion. You may ethically reflect on your experiences of history and identity in education, politics, media and/or socially (family, friends, social attitudes) as part of this. You may use the understandings you and/or your peer reflections in forum have posted.

Finalise the ethical conclusion with a brief 2/3 sentence statement of how/if your critical and ethical understandings arising from this unit might/will influence your practice as a professional and/or as a citizen.

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Question 2: This assignment requires you to demonstrate your engagement with weeks 1- 5 of the unit. The question has 3 parts.

This question requires you to post in forum (as set out in the task description) and to submit these posts with your answer to this question: How does your understanding of the foundational historiography of ‘Australian history’ enable your political and social understanding of how First Nation people were/are positioned in the nation-state? Draw critical and ethical conclusions arising from your scholarly analysis and finalise your conclusion with a brief 2/3 sentence reflection of how your critical and ethical understandings arising from this unit and this question might influence your action in the profession you are in/aspire to be in and/or your practice as a citizen.. You must complete all 3 parts of the question A, B & C to pass so forum postings and the topic question.

TASK DESCRIPTION: The 3 parts to question 2 are: Part A, Part B, and Part C. 2. Part A: You must post at least 3 discussion board postings on 3 different weeks in the forum topics in different weeks. Each posting must contain two things: your reflection on the topic or some of the unit content for that week (e.g. an article, or an UTube etc. or a lecture discussion point). Your reflection must be supported by at least one academic reference from a refereed source (a journal article or a scholarly chapter from a book). You are required to state how the article/chapter influenced or developed your thinking on that weekly topic. 2. Part B: You must post at least 2 forum posts which are RESPONSES to peer postings. The post you respond to must be one that impressed you in some way and/or influenced your critical thinking or ethical reflection. You are required to state how or why the peer’s writing or his/her reference influenced your thinking. 2.

Part C: Is your intellectual (scholarly) and ethical learning story and response to the topic: How does your understanding of the foundational historiography of ‘Australian history’ enable your political and social understanding of how First Nation people were/are positioned in the nation-state. Draw critical and ethical conclusions arising from your scholarly analysis and finalise your conclusion with a brief 2/3 sentence reflection of how your critical and ethical understandings arising from this unit and this question might influence your action in the profession you are in/aspire to be in and/or your practice as a citizen. Suggested guide to length: Intro & body: about 1500 words; conclusion: your critical and ethical reflection: about 500 words Introduction to this topic: will briefly explain how you will address this question: the issues you will cover (about 200 words). The Body: This must draw on scholarly references to support the statements/arguments made. A comprehensive answer may consider issues with examples of the impact of privilege, power, stigma, violence, racism and discourse (how power in language shapes meaning in e.g. law and ideas of ‘knowledge’). (The issues have been covered in each of the unit’s weekly content in themes such as: the Great Australian Silence; the new ‘Australian’ national identity as construction and political imagining; how First Nation people were regarded and disregarded in history/national identity/ideas and how this shaped views that non-Indigenous people had about First Nation people). Length: about 1300 words. The conclusion: critical and ethical reflection. This conclusion is arrived at based on your scholarly analysis (in 2ci). It is important your ethical reflection is clearly articulated. The conclusion provides the reader with a clear understanding of how your 5-week reflective learning journey has brought your scholarly understandings of history and its politics into your ethical understanding of the issues in the present. The conclusion would summarise your knowledge of how history writing and national identity has impacted on present relations between First Nation and non-Indigenous people. This may be the impact of historiography and its endurances into the present on understandings/racisms of non-Indigenous people and their impact on First Nation people. You are encouraged to use extracts (quotes) from postings (yours and/or peers) peers and articulate your reflective learning story. Finalise the conclusion with a brief 2/3 sentence statement of how your critical and ethical understandings arising from this unit and this question might influence your action in the profession you are in/aspire to be in and/or your practice as a citizen. TOTAL Word length: +/- 10% = 2000 words. Weight: 40% APA referencing

Demonstrated capacity to use AND intellectually engage with relevant quality academic peer reviewed articles/books to support your answer to the topic

Evidenced engagement & intellectual engagement demonstrated with unit content, unit readings & unit lectures/tuts as appropriate to question

Demonstrated clear critical /ethical reflection that is coherent, considered & informed in essay & forum posts

Clarity: e.g. intro: states aims, purpose and approach to question. Body: clear, logical and developed scholarly argument Conclusion: A coherent final position that reflects arguments of essay

Writing is grammatical, logical with a scholarly (use of references), and at a university standard. The question is addressed fully (re depth & word length =/-10%), Appendix of attached Forum postings & referenced to week posted) APA referencing; Font size 11+

Select two topics (or sub topics) from different weeks in this unit between weeks 6 & 11.

Drawing on scholarly literature research and describe the two historical (sub)-topics.

Then, using understandings drawn from your study of the unit as a whole, provide your reasoned critical & ethical reflection on the impact of one (or both) of the events/topics you have selected on First Nation people at the time; and, following that, more briefly, on the impact on non-Indigenous people at that time.

You then move your reasoned critical and ethical reflection from the past into contemporary times.

You briefly reflect on why and how the past does or does not continue to impact into contemporary situations with First Nation and non-Indigenous people. At the end of these critical and ethical reflections you are asked to provide your reasoned ethical perspective on if, arising from the legacies of the history you have studied, non-Indigenous people living today have obligations to be engaged in fostering restorative justice (with a view toward reconciliation) with First Nation people. (See word length guides and more detail in task description. The task description guides the required depth in your answer).

Task Description

Introduction: state the two topics or aspects of the topics you have selected and how you will approach these (Topics must be from different weeks between 6- 11). About 200 words Drawing on scholarly literature research and describe each (sub) topic. (About 500 words for each (sub) topic = 1000 words). The next part of the question requires your imagination and critical and ethical reflection on the impact of the history at that time firstly on First Nation people. You might choose to select some/all/other of the following: First Nation health (psychological & physical); First Nation views on the treatment on expectations of freedom and justice in the nation-state; First Nation impressions passed on to their younger generation about non-Indigenous people/power (social and political) and law; First Nation peoples views on the struggle post invasion. (About 300 words) You then have to continue your critical and ethical reflection but now focus on how the history you have studied might have impacted on non-Indigenous people at that time (as per suggestions above and/or sense of entitlement/rights). (About 120 words) Next you are also asked to think of the impact of the history you have studied throughout this unit in contemporary times. If or why the past you have studied may continue to impact into contemporary situations (enduring views, trust, attitudes, beliefs) with First Nation and non-Indigenous people. (Guide: about 230 words).

Your final summary 2-3 sentences is a critical and ethical reflection on if, or why, or why not, non-Indigenous Australians have obligations to seek to foster restorative justice in order to contribute toward reconciliation. (About 150 words)

APA referencing

Total word length 2000 words =/- 10%

Demonstrated capacity to use AND intellectually engage with relevant quality academic peer reviewed articles/books to support your answer to the topic

Evidenced engagement & intellectual engagement demonstrated with unit content, unit readings & unit lectures/tuts as appropriate to question

Demonstrated clear critical /ethical reflection that is coherent, considered & informed in essay & forum posts

Clarity: e.g. intro: states aims, purpose and approach to question. Body: clear, logical and developed scholarly argument Conclusion: A coherent final position that reflects arguments of essay

Writing is grammatical, logical with a scholarly (use of references), and at a university standard. The question is addressed fully (re depth & word length =/-10%), Appendix of attached Forum postings & referenced to week posted) APA referencing; Font size 11+