For Teachers

Learning & teaching resources: The Keynotes Project

These Keynotes were originally developed to accompany the text Combating Prejudice in Schools: The Middle East in Focus, first published in 1992. They have been revised and updated to take into account the current legislative and educational frameworks and guidelines.

The Keynotes are intended for use by teachers from Prep to Year 12. The classroom activities included in Keynotes 3-11 are not age-specific and can be adapted to suit different year levels.

• The Introduction (PDF - 37Kb): Background information outlining the context and purpose of the project
• Keynote 1 (PDF - 46Kb) – Violence and Conflict: Issues and Strategies for Schools: A theoretical background to understanding conflict and violence and how schools can address issues of intolerance
• Keynote 2 (PDF - 64Kb) – A Whole-School Approach to Combating Racism and Prejudice: An audit strategy for schools to plan and monitor their approaches to combating racism. This is adapted from Racism No Way (http://www.racismnoway.com.au/strategies/framework/body-Schools.html), a website aimed at teachers seeking to challenge and counter racism.

The following Keynotes cover the nine most significantly represented religions in Australia and include suggestions for classroom activities:

• Keynote 3 (PDF - 49Kb) – The Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• Keynote 4 (PDF - 511Kb) – The Abrahamic Religions: Judaism
• Keynote 5 (PDF - 50Kb) - The Abrahamic Religions: Middle Eastern Christians
• Keynote 6 (PDF - 98Kb) – The Abrahamic Religions: Islam
• Keynote 7 (PDF - 574Kb) – Arabs and Muslims in Australia
• Keynote 8 (PDF - 187Kb) – Indian Religions:  Hinduism
• Keynote 9 (PDF - 61Kb) – Indian Religions: Sikhism
• Keynote 10 (PDF - 496Kb) – Indian Religions: Buddhism
• Keynote 11 (PDF - 75Kb) – Bahá'í Faith.

You can also download a full version of Combating Racism and Prejudice in Schools: Keynotes (PDF - 2.0Mb), which includes all of the Keynotes listed above.