Geography 2013

This resource provides a vehicle for discussing the importance of sharing traditional knowledge and values. Students can consider the importance of this knowledge in the forming of identity. They can discuss how groups maintain their traditional values and traditions as well as those of modern Australia. Search Scootle to access digital resource using name or digital resource code.

Students are provided with the opportunity to discuss and understand the long history of Aboriginal culture through rock paintings. It is important to emphasise with students that many of these paintings are considered sacred and should not be seen by members of other cultures. However, a number of Indigenous elders now feel that it is important for others to see and understand these paintings so that they can appreciate the complexity and long history of their culture. Search Scootle to access digital resource using name or digital resource code.

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

'The journey of the Hong Hai' provides students with the opportunity to understand the courage of asylum seekers and forms of government that do not support democratic rights. It also provides a platform for exploring the history of the Vietnamese community in Australia and the impact their culture has had on Australian identity. Search Scootle to access digital resource using name or digital resource code.

Students look at the desert environment to understand where the bilby lives and who its predators are. They make a series of decisions to protect the bilby and understand the role they can take to safeguard Australian animals and the environment. Search Scootle to access digital resource using name or digital resource code.

A country's flags provide a great opportunity to explore national symbols and the values they represent. In this learning object, students are given a historical context to explore Australian symbols and values. They can form their own opinions about what is valued in contemporary Australian life, comparing these values to those of the past. Students are given the chance to design and evaluate a national flag that reflects the identity of today's Australians. Search Scootle to access digital resource using name or digital resource code.

"If you decide to visit somewhere you've never been before, how do you find your way? If you're in a car, the driver might use a GPS. You might use a smartphone app to give you directions. Perhaps you might go really 'old school' and use a printed map or street directory. But how did explorers navigate their way around the globe over 200 years ago?"

Here you'll find animations, Flash interactives, audio-on-demand, collection highlights and (in time) selected video clips. Units of Work are also available.

Teachers and students are encouraged to create their own digital resources. Education Services Australia has created three tools that are easy to use and offer flexible methods for creating a variety of resources.

This selection of digital curriculum resources from the National Digital Learning Resources Network is designed to assist teachers to find, use and adapt teaching and learning materials that are aligned to the sustainability subject area of the Australian Curriculum.