Nelson Modern History: Recognition and Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Recognition and Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been developed for senior secondary students of History and is part of the Nelson Modern History series. Each book in the series is based on the understanding that History is an interpretive study of the past by which students also come to better appreciate the making of the modern world. Developing understandings of the past and present in senior History extends on the skills learnt in earlier years. Students will use historical skills, including research, evaluation, synthesis, analysis and communication. They will rely on their knowledge of the historical concepts such as evidence, continuity and change, cause and effect, significance, empathy, perspectives and contestability, to understand and interpret societies from the past. The activities and tasks have been written to ensure that students develop the skills and attributes required for senior History subjects. Recognition and Rights of Indigenous Peoples explores two distinct yet related experiences, those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and the New Zealand Maori and their respective struggles for civil, social and indigenous rights. Both case studies consider the impact of European settlement, dispossession and the denial of political and cultural rights. The emergence of modern rights movements in Australia and New Zealand and the struggle to secure land rights are also addressed in this journey of self-determination. Series Editor, Tony Taylor is the past Director of the National Inquiry into the Teaching and Learning of History and the National Centre for History Education. From 2006 to 2010 he was a senior consultant to federal government bodies responsible for the development of Australian Curriculum History, while researching and publishing extensively in various topics in education and History.

Sue Gordon is an experienced teacher of History, currently teaching VCE Australian History. She has been actively involved in the development of the Australian History Study Design. In addition to teaching senior Australian and Koori History in Victoria for many years, Sue has been actively involved in curriculum development and assessment of VCE History. Sue currently teaches at RMIT University. She is a co author of Nelson Modern History titles, Imagining Australia, and is the author of RECOGNITION AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

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