Rabbit Proof Fence Movie-Based Unit Study: Learning & Journaling: A Cross-Curricular Unit Study On The Stolen Generations For Ages 10+

Molly, Daisy and Gracie are three Indigenous Australian girls who lived in a desert region of Western Australia in 1931. All three girls were forcibly removed from their families by the then Western Australian government and taken to a settlement for Aboriginal children. The movie Rabbit Proof Fence follows their lives at the settlement as well as their escape and journey back to their families. Their story is just one amongst many similar stories of Australia's First Nations people who would later become known as the Stolen Generations.
Movies are an excellent introduction to history which is often depicted in a very dry and dull way through textbooks. This journal acts as a bridge between the movie and factual history, helping to answer the student's questions often brought up during and after the movie. This journal provides a scaffolding for the student to conduct independent inquiry and research into the Stolen Generations, using the internet or reference books from the library. The student will engage himself in finding out answers to his Whys, Whats, Hows, Whos, Wheres and Whens. It is not necessary to complete this journal in page order. Students are able to jump into pages of their immediate interest. Notes and vocabulary pages have been inserted into the journal for the student to record his learning and use them to complete the research prompts and multimodal activities. The student can complete a few pages a week or use it every day on alternate weeks.
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT WITH MY RESEARCH JOURNALS
These journals do not provide all the content. Neither are they filled with quizzes or worksheets that always require correct answers. The strength of these journals lie in these two areas: (1) PROMPTS which help to direct a student's research from reference books or the internet; and (2) asking for OPEN-ENDED response from the students. These allow for INDEPENDENT LEARNING, CRITICAL ANALYSES of what they have read and INFORMED EXPRESSION OF OPINION. They will only write down what is MEANINGFUL to them and start finding their OWN VOICE. They also develop VOCABULARY and refine their WRITING SKILLS since they are asked to communicate their thinking.
These journals are also cross-curricular, covering multiple subjects like English, History, Geography, Art, and Music. This greatly simplifies your home schooling schedule and leaves more time for the child (AND YOU!) to embark on other important life pursuits.

MEETING AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
Students will be learning: historical knowledge and understanding historical chronology and concepts historical questions and research historical inquiry, analysis and use of sources historical perspectives and interpretations historical explanation and communication geographical information and mapwork intercultural and ethical understanding art critical and creative thinking communicating through multimodal texts such as poem, song, or collage.
These research journals can also help students meet nearly all of the General Capabilities (GC) requirements of the Australian Curriculum and assist in preparing them well for the 21st century. These GC requirements listed on the ACARA website are Literacy, Numeracy, ICT Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Behaviour, Personal and Social Capability, and Intercultural Understanding.

This research journal is aimed at age 10+.
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