Assessment task 3: e-portfolio

Weight: 40%
Task: This assessment requires students to ‘map’ their local community, in order to
develop a sense of how Indigenous culture influences local area. As well, the activity
is designed to assist students to ‘see’ their communities from an Indigenous
perspective. A comprehensive profile will include a range of information including
traditional custodians of the land, demographics, Indigenous specific services,
places of significance, key community members, and services
and organisations relevant to students’ particular discipline area of study and
potential profession.

Length:
6 credit points - 1000 words plus resources, photos, pamphlets and other items of
interest.
8 credit points - 1800 words plus resources, photos, pamphlets and other items of
interest.
Due: Sunday week 13 (or earlier).
Aims of portfolio
 Conduct original individual research
 Gather, structure and analyse resources obtained from within your local
community
 Practice transferable skills in research
 Share new knowledge with others
 
Content Traditional custodians of the land
  Languages
Sites of significance
Events of historical significance
Indigenous population (age, gender, socioeconomic status)
Indigenous services (land council, health services, housing, employment
for example - think particularly about services that might relate to the discipline
area you are studying)
Mainstream services offering Indigenous services

Presentation book
  poster
website
powerpoint
paper based journal

What to include service details

  photos
event flyers,
web addresses
statistics
annotations to brochures, flyers etc to explain why you chose them
 Where to start Local council
  Phone book
Internet
ABS stats
Local libraries
Walk the streets

Analysis Reflect on what you found, what was missing and what you learnt, relate
to relevant readings and explain why you chose the structure of your portfolio