The September 2012 Edition of our Critical Classroom Newsletter. Features teaching and learning ideas for annual Blak History Month and NAIDOC week.

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It’s red carpet time!
It’s time to get deadly!
With the weather getting a bit warmer as we head into spring, we are reminded it’s time to Get
Deadly!
The Deadly Awards were started in 1995, and in recent years, walking the red carpet has become
a much anticipated annual event. To celebrate this wonderful affirming spring-time event, this month’s
Five Ideas is about commemorating The Deadlys in your classroom. You’ll also find in our newsletter our
selection of recommended resources, and our own publications that are available for purchase.
Cheers, Leesa
September, 2012
Christmas is Deadly
Have you seen our Christmas is Deadly book? We have a full
teaching and learning strategy that helps teachers implement
a Christmas unit with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
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2. Five ideas for celebrating The Deadlys 2012 ....
The Deadlys are about pride. They provide a positive affirmation of identity and achievement. In the face
of overwhelming negative depictions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the mainstream
imagination for over 200 years, affirmation is important. We’ve prepared a few suggestions for you in case
you’re looking for some new and inexpensive ideas -
1. Collate your Deadly Vibe magazines
Go to the library and pull together your school’s collection of Deadly Vibe magazines. Deadly Vibe
has been published each month since 1997, and many great musicians, artists, sports people
and other successful community leaders have been featured over the years. If your school hasn’t
subscribed to the Deadly Vibe, head to the website to get your copies. You can also download the
free Deadly Vibe class activities which feature a range of literacy and numeracy activities. See our
suggested resources for more details.
2. Create a red carpet display
In your library or classroom, create a red carpet themed display, featuring images of the nominees
and something about each. If you have a class blog, create a red carpet blog post and link to
information about the nominees.
3. Find out about the nominees
Many of the nominees will have online information about them and their work. Discuss their work
and careers. We have created a blog post about the nominees for 2012 Music Singles of Year and
have provided some ideas for classroom activities and stimulus questions.
4. Who would you vote for?
Go through the nominations for 2012. In the categories that students know and/or can research,
have them find out about each nominee. Each student can vote. Tally up the results and hold your
own announcement ceremony.
5. Try our Deadly pocket word search
We have created a teaching resource for the classroom that you can download for free. The PDF
will be available from our Issuu and SlideShare accounts.
Grab our Pocket Word Search celebrating DEADLY!
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3. This month’s recommended resources ...
(education resource) cantchant by Vernon Ah Kee: In 2008 Aboriginal artist
Vernon Ah Kee created cantchant, an exhibition featuring 3D installation, video,
and text works for the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane. A year later it was
included in the Once Removed exhibition at the Venice Biennale. The education
resources features high quality images, information and student stimulus
questions.
Website: http://www.ima.org.au/media/downloadables/cantchant_education.pdf
CrackerJack Education is an Australian Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
interactive educational website for Primary aged children. There are Individual
and school - based memberships. Do yourself a favour and sign up for a free 7-
day trial. You can also find CrackerJack Education on Facebook.
Website: http://www.crackerjackeducation.com.au/
The Yarning Strong series is now available from Oxford University Press.
Aimed at the Primary (Stage 3) and Secondary (Stage 4) classroom, the
Yarning Strong series developed a number of original novels, graphic novels
and presentations, by talented Indigenous novelists including Anita Heiss,
Bruce Pascoe, Ali Cobby Eckerman, Larissa Behrendt and many others.
Structured around four modules - Law, Land, Family, and Identity - the Yarning
Strong kit is an excellent cultural and literacy kit.
Website: http://www.oup.com.au/primary/literacy/yarning_strong
The Little Black Game Pack is available from Yindi Artz. Named, Product
of the Year by Global Kids Oz, the Little Black Game pack is for all ages,
and serves as an educational resource which is a perfect tool to learn about
Aboriginal culture and symbols. The game pack consists of 36 cards which you
use to play an assortment of games such as Hunt, Gather and Catch (memory,
fish and snap).
Website: http://www.yindiartz.com.au
The Blak History Month poster is a fantastic resource available for sale
from Kiss My Blak Arts store on Redbubble. Created in 2008, this grassroots
initiative was started by Ms Sam Cook and has steadily grown to be
recognised by individuals, communities and institutions around Australia.
Celebrate Blak History Month in your classroom by purchasing a beautifully
mounted poster.
Website: http://www.redbubble.com/people/kissmyblakarts/
Deadly Vibe magazine is a fantastic monthly magazine that features stories
and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, musicians, sports
people and community leaders from all around the country. You can also go
to the Deadly Vibe magazine website for Literacy and Numeracy activities for
most editions.
Website: http://www.vibe.com.au/magazine.html
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4. Our Publications ....
The Critical Classroom is a free blog produced by the Iscariot Media
team. The blog is divided into key learning areas, learning stages,
and specific topics. There are also categories for professional
development resources and free resources.
Check it out at www.criticalclassroom.com
Blak History Month is a grassroots movement that is dedicated to
building on the success of NAIDOC week to create the whole month
of July as a celebration of Australia's Blak History. The Australian
Blak History Month for students and teachers website was created by
Iscariot Media. It features a number of free resources for teachers.
You can download the poster, nearly 100 free fact sheets about Great
Moments in Blak History, student workbooks and quizzes.
Easter is Deadly: Teaching and Learning Strategies for the Easter
Celebration. Early Years (2010)
Easter is Deadly explores the origins of Easter and how we can
incorporate new symbols into our celebration that reflect our culture.
Easter is deadly is suitable for the early years (0-8) and for middle
years. ISBN: 0-9581073-2-7 pp20 pages | Price: $22.50 + postage
Christmas is Deadly
Christmas is Deadly:Teaching and Learning Strategies for the
Christmas Celebration. Early Years (2004)
Christmas is Deadly provides teachers with a step-by-step teaching
and learning strategies that reflects the diversity of expressions of
Christmas. Christmas is deadly is suitable for the early years (0-8) and
for middle years. ISBN: 0-9581073-2-7 pp16 pages | Price: $22.50 +
postage
Keeping the Connection Keeping the Connection - water, country,
spirit. Celebrating the United Nations International Year of
Freshwater. Stages Early One - Five (2003)
Keeping the Connection was developed to assist teachers in designing
activities to celebrate the UN's International Year of Freshwater. Written
from an Indigenous perspective, the activities are suitable for primary
(Stages Early One to Three) and Secondary (Stages Four to Five)
schools. ISBN 0-9581073-1-9 pp52 pages | Price: $37.50 + postage
We also sell a limited number of other publications by Aboriginal artist collective ProppaNOW.
How to contact us ..... Visit our shop page for details on how to order. *Orders will be sent along with an invoice for payment to be
made within 14 days*
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