Grade 6 unit -National Identity (migration)

1. Geography

1.1. The location of the major countries of the Asia region in relation to Australia and the geographical diversity within the region (ACHGK031)

2. Civics & Citizenship

2.1. The obligations citizens may consider they have beyond their own national borders as active and informed global citizens (ACHCK039)

3. Focus: The migration of Cambodians to Australia in the 1970s due to Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge political regime

4. Cross-Curriculum Priority: Asia & Australia's Engagement with Asia

5. Asia & Australia's Engagement with Asia

5.1. 'Students learn about and recognise the diversity within and between the countries of the Asia region. They will develop knowledge and understanding of Asian societies, cultures, beliefs and environments' (ACARA, 2015, para.3).

6. Elaboration: ‘Students learn about the…life of people who migrated to Australia’ (Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2015, para. 1).

7. History

7.1. Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia (including from ONE Asian country) and the reasons they migrated, such as World War II and Australian migration programs since the war. (ACHHK115)