Thursday, September 16, 2010

Law relating to insurance in community languages

There are 2 new publications on the law relating to insurance in community languages.
Car insurance matters
Home insurance matters
These have been produced by the Insurance Law Service. They are available in English, Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese.
To see them go to

from an e-list item by Jeanell Buckley, Legal Information Access Centre


Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Human Rights resources for school kids

New teaching resources will help students understand human rights.
Teachers and students now have access to a new range of interactive human rights education resources, released by the Australian Human Rights Commission today.

Commission President Cathy Branson QC, launched the new rightsED resource this week by sending a complimentary DVD to schools around the country in a bid to help students develop a critical understanding of human rights and responsibilities.
“The importance of human rights education should not be underestimated in our efforts to create a more respectful human rights culture in Australia,” Ms Branson said. “Human rights education is critical if we are to make real inroads in our efforts towards true social inclusion in Australia. Ms Branson said the rightsEd resource includes a range of interactive education activities for teachers and students which introduce human rights concepts in an engaging and relevant way.

rightsED is guided by a clear set of education principles and learning outcomes and consists of nine resources which each feature activities around different human rights issues and topics searchable by the Key Learning Area into which they fit.

The nine resources in the new range include: Understanding human rights, Commemorate Human Rights Day, Child rights, Bringing them home, Face the Facts, Voices of Australia, Disability Rights – What about Doug’s Rights?, Young people in the workplace, and Tackling sexual harassment.

“rightsED comprises more than 400 pages of worksheets, resources and activities and is the culmination of over a year’s work. The resource fits in well with the emphasis on human rights education announced by the Attorney-General yesterday,” Ms Branson said. “Education will be a key focus of the Commission in the coming year,” Ms Branson said. “I urge all teachers to take advantage of these practical tools that will bring human rights to life for students around Australia.”

All resources are available free online at www.humanrights.gov.au/education.


Louise

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Australia and various wars

The following sites are all recommended by the NSW Board of Studies for students to use if they are studying any wars that Australia has been involved in, they are all worth while looking at:-
http://www.commemoration.gov.au/ - Australia's war time heritage
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/ - Gallipoli and the Anzacs
http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/ - Australia and WW2
http://kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/ - Kokoda Track - available in 2010
http://www.anzacday.gov.au/ - Anzac Day site
http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/ - Australia and the Vietnam War
http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/ - Australians on the Western Front in WW1
http://se-asia.commemoration.gov.au/ - Australian involvement in SE Asian conflicts

Louise

Kokoda Track

Coming in 2010 is a new website about the Kokoda Track, it is being developed in conjunction with the NSW Board of Studies and so will have lots of great information specially designed to help school children
http://kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/
Louise

...Islam and Islamophobia ...


There is a great section on the multicultural website about Islam and Islamophobia




Louise

Multicultural Australia

This Australian educational website has lots of great material on multiculturalism.
One of Australia's leading sources of quality educational resources on multiculturalism.
Teaching resources and strategies to understand cultural diversity and tolerance.
More than 3500 pages of articles, research, teacher guides, lesson plans, audio interviews, video clips, Australian multicultural artworks.
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/

Louise

Sydney Harbour Bridge

This Sydney Harbour Bridge website is great for both history students and engineering students, its co-sponsored by the NSW Board of Studies so has lots of great material that matches the school curriculums

Louise