Whatisinaname?TheriseandfallofJimCrowfromtheUSAtoRockhampton.

Rockhampton:• Founded1853itisoneoftheoldestcitiesinQueensland• SituatedonthelandsoftheDarumbalPeople- firstrecognizedastraditionalownerson

the21June2016aftera23yearlegalbattle.• Determinationarea- 2500squarekilometres oflandinandaroundRockhampton,

Yeppoon andMarlborough.Source(image):Wikimedia

FirstStrategy:ThinkPuzzleExplorehttp:www.visiblethinkingpz.org

1. YouareabouttowatchafilmaboutSegregationandJimCrowlaws.Whatdoyouthink thefilmmaybeabout?Theimageaboveprovidesaclue.

2. Thefilmtakes3:57minutes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJA7LdJNwU

3. Whatquestionsorpuzzles doyouhave?

4. Whatdoesthefilmmakeyouwanttoexplore?

Source(image):UnitedStatesLibraryofCongress'sPrintsandPhotographsdivisionunderthedigitalIDppmsc.00199.

SecondStrategy:MakingItFair:Now,Then,Laterhttp:www.visiblethinkingpz.org

1. Whatcouldbedonetoacknowledgethepre-colonialpastofthemountainandalegacyofshamefeltbymembersofthecommunity?

2. Askstudentstobrainstormideasforthingstheymightdoto“makeitfair.”

3. Sort thelistintoactionsthatrelatetomakingthesituationfairinthepast,now,orforthefuture.

4. Studentsselectoneideatheythinkhasthemostmeritandexpandonit,eitherverballyorinwriting.

WatchDarumbaleldersexplaintheirneedtohaveMountJimCrowandMtWheelerrenamedtotheiroriginalDarumbalnames(1.5minutes).https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/videos/calls-rename-mt-jim-crow-and-mt-wheeler/46600/

Source(image):https://www.aussiebushwalking.com/qld/mount-jim-crow

ThirdStrategy:IusedtoThink...NowIthink...http:www.visiblethinkingpz.org

SignstoMountJimCrowremovedaheadofitsformalnamechangeon18May2018.HenceforthitwillbelegallycalledBaga.

Source(image):http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-15/jim-crow-sign-taken-down/9763590

1. OnthetopicofchangingthenamesofplaceswithracistconnotationsIusedtothink….

2. Butnow,Ithink...

LinkstothestoryofBaga formerlyMountJimCrow• DarumbalEnterprisesisanon-profitorganisation thatactsonbehalfofDarumbalpeople.

http://dharumbal.com.au/our-heritage/our-history/

• Darumbal landmarknativetitledecision(22June2016)https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/darumbal-landmark-native-title-decision/3049456/

• EmotionalpushtoreturniconiclandmarkstoDarumbal names(22February,2017)

https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/emotional-push-to-return-iconic-landmarks-back-to-/3146342/

• Ablotonthelandscape':Queenslandcallstimeonracistplacenames(30August2017)

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/30/a-blot-on-the-landscape-queensland-calls-time-on-racist-place-names

• RacistPast:Thehistoryofourplacenames(22ndFeb2017)

https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/racist-past-the-history-of-our-place-names/3146622/