The Stolen Generation

15.12.2012

This week we've only met on Thursday and Friday since our teacher was absent on Monday.

On Thursday, we spent half on hour with our assistant working on a poem and half an hour with our teacher correcting our tests on Australian history.

On Friday, we first discussed our analises of the Rabbit Proof Fence trailer and then read an article from the Time online entitled "the Stolen Generation".

As we won't be seeing each other until after the holidays with our mock exams, we have to go on a website to listen to Aboriginals' testimonies and choose one to introduce his experience as a child of "the Stolen Generation" to the class.

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When the welfare officers came to take three-year-old Archie Roach from his tin-lined house in Framlingham in southeastern Australia, they told his mother they were escorting him to a picnic. His ...

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998067,00.html

Here is the link to the article we read and discussed in class.

The Stolen Generations' Testimonies

The Stolen Generations' Testimonies are video recordings of the personal testimonies of Australia's Stolen Generations' Survivors.

http://stolengenerationstestimonies.com/

And here is the link to the website you have to visit to prepare your presentation for after the holidays.