Year 10 History with Ms Williams

One of the most well-known Australian engagements of the Vietnam War was the Battle of Long Tan, 18 August 1966. The battle saw the action of 108 ANZACS against a Viet Cong (North Vietnamese) force estimated between 1,500 and 2,500. The Battle was one of the heaviest conflicts of the Vietnam War as well as one the few battles in the recorded history of the world to be won against such odds.

This task (click to follow the link) gives you an opportunity to be the CONSULTANT for the famous Australian FILM DIRECTOR, Peter Weir.

1. Go to the Virtual Reading Room at the National Archives of Australia. Here you will find some amazing photos from Australia’s History.
2. Consult the list (below) and choose ONE or TWO topics (depending on how quickly you work)
3. Conduct a search to find a photograph/document that is suitable to be used in Yr 10 History 2011 to show them this part of our nation’s history
4. Cut & paste the photograph/document onto a Word Doc. Add 3-4 paragraphs to describe your item. Then add 3-4 questions for Yr 10 2011 to answer – make these questions relevant to what you know they will need to learn for their School Certificate History exam.

List of TOPICS

• War comes to Australia
• The 2^nd AIF
• Australia and the desert war
• Pearl Harbor
• The fall of Singapore
• The Kokoda Track
• Australian prisoners of wara
• 1942-Australia under attack
• Aboriginal Australians and the war
• The changing role of women in WW2
• Changing relationship – Australia, Britain, USA
• Defeat of Japan
• Australia in the Vietnam War
• “reds under the beds”
• All the way with LBJ
• Nashos and conscription
• Save Our Sons
• The anti-war movement
• The impact of the Vietnam War
• Vietnam Veterans
• Vietnamese Refugees
• Protectionism to Self-Determination
• Land Rights and Native Title
• The Stolen Generations
• The Snowy Mountains Scheme
• Beginnings of multiculturalism
• The Women’s Movement in Australia
• The Dismissal of Gough Whitlam

Well, the time is quickly approaching when we need to undergo some major revision in preparation for your SC History Exam.

Below is a series of extended response questions for you to work your way through.  When you have completed writing them please give them to me for assessment.

Question 45 (5 marks)

Outline the main influences of Britain OR the USA on Australian popular culture in one decade in the post-World War II period. Decade: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Question 46 (5 marks) Select ONE event/issue from the box below.

Freedom Rides Women’s Liberation Green bans Whitlam dismissal Green politics Republicanism One Nation

What impact did the selected event/issue have on post- World War II Australia?

Event/issue: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Question 48 (15 marks)

Explain why Australia became involved in the Vietnam War.

In your answer, refer to:

• influences from outside Australia
• influences from within Australia.

Question 46 (5 marks)

Outline the impact of the Vietnam War on ONE of the following:

• Vietnam veterans and families
• Indo-Chinese refugees
• Australian culture
• Australia’s relations with Asia.

Chosen area of impact: ………………………………………………………………………..

Question 47 (5 marks)

Describe the problems faced by ONE of the following groups in their struggle for rights and freedoms.

• A migrant group in the post-World War II period
• Enemy aliens in World War I or World War II
• Women during the Great Depression
• Women’s liberationists in the post-World War II period
• The stolen generations.

Chosen group ………………………………………………………………………………………

Question 48 (15 marks)

This list shows a number of individuals and a related event or issue in which they played an important role.

• Charles Perkins and the Freedom Rides
• Germaine Greer and the Women’s Liberation Movement
• Jack Mundey and the Green bans
• Sir John Kerr and the Whitlam dismissal
• Bob Brown and Green politics
• Paul Keating and Republicanism
• Pauline Hanson and One Nation

Choose ONE individual from the list above and explain their role in the related event/issue.

In your answer, you should refer to:

• the actions taken by the individual
• the reasons for the individual’s actions
• the impact of the individual’s actions.

Chosen individual and event ……………………………………………………………………………….

I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an’ pretend
’cause I’ve heard it all before
And I’ve been down there on the floor
No one’s ever gonna keep me down again

CHORUS
Oh yes I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman

You can bend but never break me
’cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
’cause you’ve deepened the conviction in my soul

CHORUS

I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin’ arms across the land
But I’m still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand

Oh yes I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong

I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman

Which of the following overturned the concept of terra nullius?

(A) The Wik decision

(B) The Mabo decision

(C) The Racial Discrimination Act

(D) The Woodward Royal Commission

Write a paragraph to describe each of the 4 options in Question 1

The practice of removing Aboriginal children from their families was part of which two government policies?

(A) Assimilation and protection

(B) Assimilation and reconciliation

(C) Self-determination and protection

(D) Self-determination and reconciliation

Write 2 paragraphs to describe what the other two options are referring to

What happened to members of the Stolen Generation that has made it difficult for them to gain land rights?

(A) They had lost their traditional language.

(B) They had limited access to legal support.

(C) They had limited knowledge of their heritage and culture.

(D) They had been taken from their land by the Government.

What is the chronological order for the following events in the struggle forAboriginal land rights and Native Title?

(A) Mabo decision, Wik decision, Wave Hill protest, Aboriginal Tent Embassy

(B) Wave Hill protest, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Mabo decision, Wik decision

(C) Mabo decision, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Wik decision, Wave Hill protest

(D) Wave Hill protest, Mabo decision, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Wik decision

What was a result of the 1967 referendum for Aboriginal Australians?

(A) They were counted in the census.

(B) They were given the right to vote.

(C) Their land rights were acknowledged.

(D) They were given equal pay for equal work.

Why was the Native Title Act of 1993 important to Aboriginal people?

(A) It meant that all Aborigines could own their own land.

(B) It gave Aborigines the right to vote and become citizens of Australia.

(C) It gave some Aborigines the right to ownership of land based on their traditions and customs.

(D) It legislated that Aboriginal people could claim land leased by pastoralists and miners.

Describe the problems faced by ONE of the following groups in their struggle for rights and freedoms.

A migrant group in the post-World War II period

Women’s liberationists in the post-World War II period

The stolen generations.

The rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people, migrants and women have changed during the 20th century.

For ONE of these groups describe a change. What caused the change? What were the effects of the change?

Aboriginal Peoples: The Struggle for Justice and Equality

From Protection to Assimilation

• What was the policy of protectionism?
• What did it mean for Aboriginal Australians?
• Why was the policy of assimilation adopted and when was it adopted by government?
• What do you think assimilation means?
• Under a policy of assimilation, what were Aboriginal Australians expected to be like?
• What belief was assimilation based on?
• Do you think that assimilation was a new method of eradicating Aboriginal culture? Give reasons for you answer.
• In what way did assimilation fail to work?

Integration, Segregation and Self Determination

• Explain the concept of segregation and integration
• How did assimilation change?
• Do you think this would have changed attitudes of the general public? 

Homework (due Wed 26/05) (1/2-1 page each)

• Albert Namatjira -what were the attractions of the white and aboriginal world?
• Who were the Stolen Generations? Why was the “sorry” so important to them?

Victorian Migration Museum

http://museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/discoverycentre/

NSW Migration Museum

http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/

SA Migration Museum

http://www.history.sa.gov.au/migration/migration.htm

Picture Australia

http://www.pictureaustralia.org/

A protest song highlights the emotional ’temperature’ of a culture at a given time in history. The songs listed below came into being as the Vietnam War became a long and drawn out offensive, as many young soldiers were killed in horrific circumstances, and the people had seen on too many bloody scenes  broadcast into the peace of their living room via the evening news.

Examine the lyrics for 2 of the songs listed below and

• describe the ‘story’ of the song,
• conduct some research to gather further information about the song, music artists involved, and any relevant, events from the same time.

Your task is to put the songs into their historical perspective and gain a better understanding of changing attitudes towards the Vietnam War.

1. Eric Burden “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”
2. Pete Seeger ” Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”
3. Joan Baez “Where Are You Now, My Son?”
4. REM “Orange Crush”
5. Cat Stevens “Peace Train”
6. Arlo Guthrie “Alice’s Restaurant”
7. Redgum “I Was Only 19″
8. Cold Chisel “Khe Sanh”
9. Elton John “Daniel”
10. Midnight Oil “US Forces”
11. Barry McGuire “Eve of Destruction?
12. Ronnie Burns “Smiley”
13. Eric Burden and the Animals “Sky Pilot”

Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor in America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home and death and corruption in Vietnam. I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken. I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be ours.

Martin Luther King, Jr., The Trumpet of Conscience, 1967

1. Why were Australian army advisers sent to South Vietnam in 1962?

2. Where and why did Vietnam become divided in 1954?

3. When were Australian combat troops first sent to Vietnam?

4. Why did L.B.J. come to Australia in 1966 and how was he received by the Australian public?

5. Draw a timeline of events leading up to the visit of L.B.J. to Australia, beginning with the invasion of South Korea by the communist North in 1950.