This document has been created to assist teachers (secondary level) who are new to teaching Geography. Sections of this document will be useful to primary teachers as well. For example BOLTS Conventions.
Traditional symbols are an essential part of much contemporary Aboriginal art. Our online galleries offer a wide range of art works using traditional and contemporary imagery and symbols. Aboriginal peoples have long artistic traditions within which they use conventional designs and symbols. Some of these symbols represent the weather.
Introduction We are the first people of our lands. These are some of our stories from where we have lived so long. We welcome you to know about us, about our culture, this way. 12 Canoes This website is built for us, for everyone.
This clip chosen to be G Clip description Rain falls heavily, the streets of the community are quiet, and Moses sits drinking tea on the porch of a house in the community of Numbulwar, Wandu, where he is from, has been flooded in.
Clip description Tom E Lewis gives a brief introduction into how Arnhemland society is structured. There are 12 clans in Numbulwar, and the society is divided into two moieties. The two moieties in Arnhemland are water and fire, shark and crocodile. He then introduces us to Junggayi Moses Numamurdirdi, sitting under a tree with his wife's brother.
Clip description Tom E Lewis introduces the concept of five seasons over footage of an overflowing Rose River - the land inundated with water, followed by a montage of a dry riverbed. Lewis describes the wet season over images of Indigenous men hunting birds, fish and a turtle.
Indigenous Australians have long held their own seasonal calendars based on the local sequence of natural events. To the right is a map of Australia with hyperlinks to the corresponding seasonal calendars for given regions.
This document will assist teachers with a deeper understanding /strategy for embedding the cross curriculum priorities into your planning documents.
This tool presents nine statements for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective, eight statements for Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia and nine statements for Sustainability to assist with organisation of ideas.
For many thousands of years, fire management has played a critical role in the lives of Central Australia's Aboriginal people. For Aboriginal people there were and are many uses for fire that serve physical, social, cultural, and spiritual, as well as ecological, needs.
Preventative actions will help ensure you're prepared year-round in the event of a natural disaster.
Focus Areas:
Around your home
Around your property
Health and Safety
Before a cyclone
During a cyclone
After a cyclone
Everybody living in a cyclone-prone area should have a household emergency plan,
which includes evacuation and shelter considerations. Residents should plan and
prepare to shelter in a secure place either at home or with family and friends.
ABC Website: " I still think if we can focus on rebuilding in a sustainable way we can get our numbers back to our pre-fire numbers and we possibly look at more people living in ...."
Inspiring stories and reflections from the communities who continue to reflect on the impact of Black Saturday on their lives and the towns in which they live.
The European continent, bordered by numerous bodies of water, is separated from Asia by Russia's Ural Mountains and by the Caspian and Black Seas. It is separated from Africa by the Mediterranean Sea...
Two of North America's most interesting geographical features are the Great Plains and the Mississippi River System; both impressive in so many ways...
Journalists, teachers, bloggers and storytellers (to name a few) use Map Tales to chronicle news events, scrapbook holidays, describe walks, plan campaigns, illustrate literature, recount journeys, and bring events to life.
Love this, I think this might be useful for my yr 9 students. They are tracking the production, of a product from the thought to the shelf in a globalisation unit and plotting the locations onto Google Maps at the moment. I think this could be used for the same purpose. I like giving options to the students.