Australian Curriculum Aboriginal Studies Years 3 and 4

The way of life for Indigenous Australians has helped shaped this country into what it is today: a multicultural nation with a unique, complex and fascinating history. With the fantastic array of Dreamtime stories, languages, art and music, this subject is one in which every student is sure to find an area of interest.

One of the biggest issues facing this nation is reconciliation and empathy, reconnecting people, and acknowledging a past steeped in turmoil. Education is essential in the journey to reconciliation, and Australian Curriculum Aboriginal studies is the perfect resource to immerse your students in this subject.

Each book in this fantastic series features:

• three sections: Investigating Country/Place, Investigating Culture and Investigating People
• 21 x four-page units of work
• supports the teaching and learning of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and histories content as found in the Australian Curriculum
• main curriculum links to Australian Curriculum Geography, History, Science and The Arts
• cross-curricular links to English, Technologies, Mathematics and Health and Physical Education
• teachers notes, key questions, skills and inquiry, suggested resources, background information, additional activities, answers, additional game resources

Contents

• Teachers notes
• Australian Curriculum links
• Investigating Country/Place
• Nhunda country
• Drage family
• Language
• Different Aboriginal groups
• Where did Aboriginal people live?
• Sustaining resources
• Investigating culture
• Diversity of cultures
• The Arts – Music
• The Arts – Dance and drama
• Important occasions
• National celebrations
• Symbolism of flags
• Investigating people
• First contact – the Macassans
• First contact – European explorers
• First contact – Zuytdorp
• Traditional life
• Aboriginal totems
• Archaeological sites
• Aboriginal identity
• National identity
• Personal identity
• Answers