History Curriculum Resource
The rise of the environmental movement in Northern Rivers N.S.W/Australia
Acknowledgement of Country
Jingela (Hello), Jingi Walla (Welcome) Jarjums (Children)
We would like to acknowledge the Bundjalung Nation, part of the First Peoples of this land, who looked after this beautiful country in a sustainable way for at least 65000-80000 years. They kept the waters and air pristine, they didn’t chop down trees or drag tonnes of minerals from the land. They demonstrated a custodial role towards all the flora and fauna species around them and that in itself deserves our respect. We acknowledge Elders past, present and future and any Indigenous people with us today.
Aboriginal culture is alive and evolving: We respect and recognise Aboriginal people as the custodians of the land and sea and that Aboriginal ways of seeing, understanding and respecting environments play a crucial role in the sustainability of these spheres and the organisms that inhabit them. The sharing and intertwining of indigenous knowledge (content, process and beliefs), western scientific knowledge and other knowledge gives us a chance to sustain and conserve precious land and seascapes into the future as well as enriching our view of the world.
Disclaimer- Dorroughby EEC believes that the climate crisis we face is systemic. In this resource we share the efforts of individuals and communities around the globe, with specific attention shown to persons in our local Northern Rivers NSW, who have taken a stand for future generations and the preservation of all life on Earth. We want their stories to inspire hope.
This resource has been created to inform students about how the environmental movement has addressed threats to the environment and is based on impartial scientific facts, not driven by personal, commercial or political interests.
This resource can be used to support Stage 5 History Elective, History Extension Year 12 Course (Case Study) OR Stage 6: Modern History - Case Study A7. The Rise of the Environmental Movement. See syllabus outcomes below.
2013 Stage 5 History Elective Syllabus (Valid until 2020)
Specifically...
history-elective-7-10-syllabus.pdf2019 Syllabus Stage 5 History Elective (in use from 2020)
Specifically:
history-elective-7-10-2019-syllabus-pdf.pdfHistory Extension Year 12 Course (Case Study)
History Project
Students undertake an individual investigative project, focusing on an area of changing historical interpretation.
1. Designing an Investigation
The topic should be developed from one or more of the following areas:
● changing interpretations of an historical debate or controversy
● a critical analysis of an historian’s or archaeologist’s work
● changing analysis of an archaeological site over time
● contrasting approaches to an historical personality, issue or event
● museums as history
● history in the media and different forms of historical communication – for example film, documentary, fiction, docudrama
● an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the history of a personality, issue or event
● oral history
● historical biography
● local history
● critical analysis of a major historical work
● the use and misuse of history in either a specific context or over time.
history-extension-stage-6-syllabus-2017.docxStage 6: Modern History - Case Study A7. The Rise of the Environmental Movement
Timeline of NSW Northern rivers Environmental Movement Events from the past to present day.
Anti-logging and anti-CSG mining are still campaigns that are being fought today.
Nationally there are other timelines of broader environmental events -see link
Timeline of the Environmental Movement Part 2.docx