Sikh and Indian Australians: Year 6 Teaching Resource

This resource provides opportunities to explore both immigrant experiences and the changing policies of the Commonwealth Government toward Asian migrants and refugees from 1901 until the present. Many examples of migrant experiences are drawn from the Australian Sikh community. The stages of the changing migration policy has been divided into three time-spans, which form the basis of each Learning sequence. Skills and concepts emphasised in this resource include use of sources, cause and effect, empathy, perspectives, interview techniques and historical inquiry.