Agora 2023-3 Rights and Freedoms

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Rights and Freedoms | Agora vol. 58 no. 3 (2023)

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REFLECTION/EDITORIAL
	Reflection Ashley Keith Pratt Editorial Guy Nolch
THEMA Reflections on the theme
	From Public Assertions to #Activism: How Protest Has Changed over Time Jon Piccini, Australian Catholic University There is continuity and change in the history of protest, from ancient Rome through to modern civil rights movements as recent as Extinction Rebellion.
	Australian Jewish Antifascism and Holocaust Memory Max Kaiser, The University of Melbourne Australian Jewish communities in the 1940s and 1950s sought to achieve Jewish safety from a re-emergence of fascism by finding common ground with movements fighting colonialism and racism in other parts of the world.
	The Eight-Hour Movement: A Campaign for the Rights of Labour Sean Scalmer, The University of Melbourne Mid-nineteenth century workers had basic civil and political rights, but long working hours meant they could not exercise these rights.
	Here to Stay! 25 Years after the 1998 Waterfront Dispute Geraldine Fela, Macquarie University In 1998 the Coalition government sought to break a powerful union representing Australia’s dock workers. The ramifications have been much wider for Australian workers today.
	Is Eureka Really the Birthplace of Australian Democracy? Andrew Pearce, Sovereign Hill Museums Association The Eureka rebellion is a pivotal moment in Australian history, but what rights were actually gained in its aftermath?
	The Decline of the Governor-General’s Political Powers and Prerogatives Jack T. Norris, The University Melbourne and Janek Drevikovsky, University of Sydney Law School The decline in the governor-general’s influence since Federation reveals the history of Australia’s disentanglement from Imperial British control.
	The Penalty Is Death: Executions in Victoria Barry Jones, Secretary of the Victorian Anti-Hanging Committee (1962–1975), Member of the Victorian Parliament (1972–1977) and Member of the Commonwealth Parliament (1977–1996) In 1967, Ronald Ryan was the last person to be executed in Victoria. Before then, who was hanged and who was not depended on the political party in government.
	Histories of Abortion, Rights and the Law in the USA and Australia Prudence Flowers and Catherine Kevin, Flinders University Rights discourses and their links to ideas of choice and freedom have evolved dramatically in the decades since abortion first became lawful in the United States and Australia.
PRAKTIKOS Teaching ideas
	A Taste of Rights and Freedoms through a Mock Referendum Nerissa Marcon, St Helena Secondary College A mock referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament is a contemporary way for students to consider the extent to which the rights of Indigenous Australians have changed since the 1967 referendum.
	Civil Rights on Trial in the Classroom Blair Duncan, Edgars Creek Secondary College Stan Grant’s farewell address on Q&A is a powerful and contemporary way to prime students for an examination of the American civil rights movement through a mock trial activity.
	Enlistment in Victoria during World War II: An Interactive Virtual World Jo Clyne, International Museum Theatre Alliance (Asia-Pacific) HTAV has developed a virtual recruitment centre that enables students to meet the types of people who enlisted to serve in World War II and discover the reasons they enlisted.
	Dual Coding: A Strategy for Organising Knowledge Brad Nguyen, Docklands Primary School Working memory can only process up to four new items of information at a time, but students can retain knowledge more efficiently when it is introduced both verbally and visually.
	Writing a History Unit from Scratch Emma Winton, Nossal High School Developing a History unit for the first time is a daunting prospect, but there are many resources you can draw on for help—including the wisdom and energy of your students.
SUNGRAPHO Research and analysis
	Historical Empathy, Creativity and the Unessay Paula Michaels, Claire Dowling, Katherine Robertson and Kelly Lin Huai Wong Monash University The unessay offers a mode of assessment that plays to students’ strengths, piques interest and develops a deeper historical understanding that emerges from empathy and creativity.

KRITIKOS Reviews	Reviews available online Operation Hurricane By Paul Grace Reviewed by Sue Rabbitt Roff, University of Dundee Australia’s Secret Army By Michael Veitch Reviewed by Kaye De Petro, Education and Services Officer, HTAV Women and Whitlam: Revisiting the Revolution Edited by Michelle Arrow Reviewed by Dr Hannah Viney, Monash University Sisters in Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker’s Wife and Mussolini’s Daughter Outwitted the Nazis By Tilar Mazzeo Reviewed by Kaye De Petro, Education and Services Officer, HTAV Australia and the Pacific: A History By Ian Hoskins Reviewed by Nigel Page, Anglican Church Grammar School The Long Song of Tchaikovsky Street: A Russian Adventure By Pieter Waterdrinker Reviewed by Kaye De Petro, Education and Services Officer, HTAV The Years of Terror: Banbu-deen: Kulin and Colonists at Port Phillip 1835–1851 By Marguerita Stephens with Fay Stewart-Muir Reviewed by Jack T. Norris, The University of Melbourne Merlyn: The Life of Merlyn Baillieu Myer By Michael Shmith with research by Dr Stella M Barber Reviewed by Kaye De Petro, Education and Services Officer, HTAV Made In Lancashire By Richard Turner Reviewed by Stephanie Tarn, Heathdale Christian College