Understanding Indigenous Culture

The author has planned a literacy block and incorporated best practice. To develop students understanding Indigenous culture has been embedded into lesson plans and visits from an Aboriginal Education Worker have been arranged. With a classroom filled with a wide range of backgrounds embedding culture into the lessons will develop understanding. Embedding culture will also give the Indigenous students in the classroom a sense of pride and belonging. The culture will be embedded through linking dreaming stories to other text and learning some of the local Indigenous language. The exposure to Indigenous culture will develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of Indigenous culture. When the AEW visits they will be working with the Indigenous