Teacher guide Harvest of Endurance Scroll

TLF ID M019459

This learning sequence explores the way of life of Chinese people who migrated to Australia and their contributions to Australia's economic and social development. Students examine the Harvest of Endurance scroll that depicts the vast visual history of the Chinese experience in Australia and complete a range of activities to.





Educational details

Educational value
  • The resource is valuable for supporting the year 6 Historical knowledge and understanding content descriptions that explore migrant stories to Australia. Students analyse the primary resource, The Harvest Endurance Scroll to determine how the Chinese contributed to the history of the Australian nation.
  • This resource is valuable for supporting the year 6 Literature content description in English as it provides a range of visual texts depicting historical information about the lives of the Chinese throughout Australia's history.
  • This resource is of significant value to support the implementation of the Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia priority in History and English, with particular emphasis on the eighth organising idea that Australians of Asia heritage have influenced Australia's history and continue to influence its dynamic culture and society with a focus on the contribution of the Chinese to Australia's heritage.
  • This resource is valuable as it provides teachers with strategies to support the implementation of the Intercultural Understanding capability, especially learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that create connections with others and cultivate mutual respect.
  • This resource is valuable as student activities develop Historical skills such as developing inquiry questions and using these to analyse primary sources and recognise that texts represent different viewpoints.
  • This resource is valuable as student activities develop English skills such as planning, drafting and creating imaginative and persuasive texts about the contribution of the Chinese to Australia's history
Year level

6

Learning area
  • English
  • History

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Person: Pam Stewart
  • Description: Author
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Person: Pam Stewart
  • Description: Author
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Asia Education Foundation
  • Organization: Asia Education Foundation
  • URL: http://asiaeducation.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Asia Education Foundation
  • Organization: Asia Education Foundation
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://asiaeducation.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
Rights
  • With the exception of material on the AEF Portal that is owned by third parties, you may, for non-commercial educational purposes only, reproduce and communicate the Content provided that you include the copyright notice © The University of Melbourne and Education Services Australia Limited – Asia Education Foundation, 2014 (unless indicated otherwise) and any applicable acknowledgements; you may adapt the content provided that you acknowledge the source of the material as "The University of Melbourne and Education Services Australia Limited – Asia Education Foundation" and any applicable acknowledgement.