VCHHK095
The stories and perspectives of people who migrated to Australia, including from one Asian country, and the reasons they migrated
Elaborations
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investigate migration programs to Australian since World War II
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comparing push and pull factors that have contributed to people migrating to Australia, for example, economic migrants and political refugees
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exploring individual narratives using primary sources, for example, letters, documents and historical objects, interviewing and recording an oral history, dramatising the journey and circumstances of arrival based on the sources
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describing cultural practices related to family life, beliefs and customs of newly-arrived migrant groups and comparing these with those of the communities in which they settled within Australia
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connecting stories of migration to students’ own family histories (where appropriate)
VCHHK095 | The Humanities | History | Levels 5 and 6 | Historical Knowledge | Australia as a nation