RABBIT+PROOF+FENCE

MOVIE STUDY

**Rabbit Proof Fence**
Before we watch this movie we need some background information.

Go to this website and answer the following questions []
 * __I -Aborigines in Australia__**
 * 1) Who was said to be the stolen generation? Sum up what happened.
 * 2) What was the reasoning behind their removal?
 * 3) Where were the children raised?
 * 4) What sort of education did they receive?
 * 5) What about their culture?
 * 6) What were the consequences for the children?

[|**http://www.aboriginalarts.co.uk/aboriginal_culture.htm**]
 * II-__Aboriginal Culture__.**
 * 1) How old is Australian Aboriginal culture?
 * 2) Why is their culture described as semi-nomadic?
 * 3) What is the known as the “dreamtime”?

III - The Rabbit Proof Fence [] Find out basic information about rabbit-proof fences in Australia. Why were these fences built? Where were they built? When were they built?

IIII – Rabbit Proof Fence – the movie []
 * 1) Is this is true story?
 * 2) What year is it set?
 * 3) What part of Australia?
 * 4) Why were the girls removed from their families
 * 5) How far did they walk (following the fence)?
 * 6) Where did they leave from? Where did they walk to?

IIIII Go [|here] to read testimonies of some of the stolen generation