Citizenship video challenge 5

Watch the video and then answer the questions

Patsy Thatcher
Timor Leste’s transitional development

WithOnePlanet oral history video series talks to Patsy Thatcher, social anthropologist and university lecturer.

Patsy Thatcher is an expert on the social structure of traditional society and studied Timor Leste’s transitional development from a fragmented clan-based structure into a more modern framework that embraced a national identity.

In this video, Patsy talks about citizenship and her experiences working with communities from 1979 through to Timor Leste’s transitional development.

Years 9 to 10: Video challenge questions

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Introduce

Watch the video to gain an understanding of the topic and then answer the challenge questions.

Question

Q1. How old was Patsy Thatcher when she began translating for her father?

A: 6 years
B: 8 years
C: 10 years
D: 12 years

Q2. What disability did Patsy's father suffer from?

A: Blindness
B: Deafness
C: Quadriplegia
D: Dimentia

Q3. What political ideology did the young Patsy share with her parents?

A: Fascism
B: Communism
: Democracy
D: Pacifism

Investigate

Write a short answer (250 to 500 words) for the following questions.
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Q1. What motivated Patsy Thatcher to campaign for East Timor's right to self-determination?

Q2. Explain how Australian soldiers and East Timorese interacted during World War II. What implications did this interaction have for attitudes to Australia during the occupation?

Q3. Why did the East Timorese people develop a sense of nationhood?

Review

Write a short answer (250 to 500 words) for the following questions.

Q1. How did Patsy Thatcher's childhood experiences prepare her for political activism?

Q2. Why were women important in the movement towards independence in East Timor?

Q3. Why did the Catholic Church become so important to the East Timorese people in their struggle for independence?

Q4. How did Indonesian soldiers unintentionally contribute to East Timorese unrest?

Your future

Citizen project challenge

Task: Write a 500 to 750 word essay on one of the following topics:

Q1. What are your feelings about Indonesia after hearing Patsy Thatcher's story?
Q2. What historical facts do you now need to clarify?

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Watch the video and then answer the questions

Patsy Thatcher Timor Leste’s transitional development

Years 9 to 10: Video challenge questions

Introduce

Question

Investigate

Review

Your future

Submit

Patsy Thatcher
Timor Leste’s transitional development