Curriculum Ideas
Opportunities to include Modern Slavery within the Curriculum
Teachers in all Key Learning Areas can help fight Modern Slavery/Human Trafficking by checking these Curriculum suggestions and using them to enhance student learning on this assault on human dignity.
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New South Wales
OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE MODERN SLAVERY WITHIN THE CURRICULUM - NSW
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Yrs 11-12: issues for Aboriginal spiritualities about: – the effect of dispossession – the Land Rights movement
MODERN HISTORY
Yrs 11-12: Rights and Freedoms 1945-Present Economics, Year 9 & 10:Aboriginal & Indigenous Peoples Colonization
DRAMA
Yrs 11-12: Raising Awareness of ideas about issues of interest. Group and Individual performance. Visual Arts Major Works
Yr 10 - Play building Reflecting cultural, personal and political aspects of human experience
GEOGRAPHY
Yr 11-12: Agricultural Work Place
Yr 8: Country identification with Trafficking
COMMERCE
Yr 10: Law in Action and several other units enable integration
Yr 8: Rights and Responsibilities in workplace Global Responsibilities
COMMUNITY AND FAMILY STUDIES
Yrs 11-12: Nature of Family, well-being, Sporting Activities ( production of equipment, shoes, balls), Parenting Influences Cultural – Forced Marriage
Yr 10: Healthy Safe and Active Lifestyles
BUSINESS AND LEGAL STUDIES
Yrs 11-12: Labour, HR Rights Responsibilities
SOCIAL JUSTICE UNIT
Yrs 10: Principles of CSJT Dignity of a Human person
FOOD TECHNOLOGY
Yr 10: Product Development Migrant Workers
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
Yr 9: Agricultural and Food Technologies Supply Chains
SCIENCE
Yr 9: Extraction methods of rare minerals e.g. cobalt – Child Labour
TEXTILES
Yr 10: Ethical clothing Fast Fashion
For further information and to obtain a resources flyer, you are invited to access the ACRATH website https://acrath.org.au/resources/
Victoria
OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE MODERN SLAVERY WITHIN THE CURRICULUM- VICTORIA
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Yrs 11-12: Catholic Social Teaching; Social Justice; Belief Systems. Issues for Aboriginal spiritualities in relation to: – the effect of dispossession – the Land Rights movement. All aspects of Human Trafficking including Companionship, Support for Seasonal Workers & Forced Marriage and training for priests as marriage celebrants.
Yr 10: Social Justice Unit
CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP
Yrs 9-10: - how laws are developed, contributions of civil society and religious groups and individual citizens.
ECONOMICS
Yrs 11-12: Trade Unions & working conditions; Rights & Responsibilities; Taxation (avoidance of), Production methods. Income from criminal activities. Supply chains
ENGLISH
Yr 10: Public Speaking and Debating topics relating to HT
Yrs 9-12: Essay writing; Selection of texts which refer to HT. (One great book about FM is called 'Promising Azra' which could go in as an English text suggestion.)
GEOGRAPHY
Yrs 8-10: -Mapping of countries where HT is rife e.g. West Africa cocoa plantations, Democratic Republic of the Congo and cobalt mines; Bangladesh and clothing sweat shops; Philippines and Indonesia with forced labour and sexual exploitation; Pacific Islands & Timor Leste and Seasonal workers as well as bonded labour; Countries experiencing war and natural disasters that make people prone to HT (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine, Syria, Myanmar, Sudan etc) Fisheries.
HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION/SPORT
Yrs 9-10: Topics in Health; Sport Balls and Sporting equipment; Charity Runs focussed on supporting anti HT Forced Marriage and oppressive conditions experienced by some workers
VCAA Unit 4 : Health and Human Development: Health Global Perspectives; Social Action Sub Topic
MATHEMATICS
Use of HT statistics in teaching graphs (e.g. AFP statistics of reported offences.)
HISTORY
Yrs 9-12: Australian History of Exploitation of workers e.g. Kanaka (Pacific Islander) exploitation in Queensland and Aboriginals working on stations for food and shelter only; Colonization; Christmas Island and payment in tokens that could only be redeemed in-house;
Yr 11: British History and slavery in the Caribbean and the Anti-Slavery movement; -USA slavery
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Yrs 10-12: Undertaking research of Websites including ACRATH and AntiSlavery Australia for example; Developing mock web sites; Use of child labour in some cobalt mines. Slavery in the IT supply chains.
LEGAL STUDIES
Yrs 11-12: Anti-Slavery legislation; Supply Chains and government regulations/laws; Legal rights; Labour Hire; Awards and working conditions; Government Seasonal Workers program; Illegal activities and AFP
PERFORMING ARTS
Yrs 10-12: Drama: Research HT Issue and plan and perform in a public forum on the issue.
Yrs 7-10: Music: Singing of old slavery songs & chants
Yrs 11-12: Composing songs relating to modern day slavery like ‘Can You See Me’
POLITICS
Yrs 9-12: How laws are made. Ways to advocate for change. Impact of Anti-Slavery laws and regulations.
PSYCHOLOGY
Yrs 11-12: Case studies. Counselling techniques
TECHNOLOGY
Yrs 10-12: Materials Technology Textiles & Clothing; Materials Technology Food and Hospitality Industry
VISUAL ARTS
Yrs 9-12: Painting and Drawing of scenes involving HT (e.g. Agricultural labourers,) Visual Communication and advertising packaging, Designing posters for campaigns (e.g. Chocolate, Tea, Coffee)
For further information and to obtain a resources flyer, you are invited to access the ACRATH website https://acrath.org.au/resources/