31.07.2018 Views

RIC-0667 Aboriginal Cult 5-6

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

In the Past<br />

Traditional<br />

<strong>Aboriginal</strong> People<br />

(page 7)<br />

Traditional Food<br />

(page 8)<br />

Looking for Food<br />

(page 9)<br />

Before European Settlement<br />

Teachers Notes<br />

• Some suggestions for passing this information on to the students include<br />

reading it to them, using a puppet, using picture cards with information on<br />

them and so on, according to the ability of your class.<br />

• Ask your class to suggest what an <strong>Aboriginal</strong> person is. (The obvious will be<br />

a person with dark skin.) Inform the class that an <strong>Aboriginal</strong> person is also<br />

someone from a group of people who have been living in Australia for many,<br />

many years.<br />

• Display some pictures of traditional <strong>Aboriginal</strong> men and women to the class.<br />

(These may be obtained from your library.) Discuss how they look, what<br />

they are wearing etc.<br />

• Students complete the worksheet.<br />

• Read the information on traditional <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people to the students and<br />

encourage them to share their feelings on this.<br />

• Have a chart with a picture of an <strong>Aboriginal</strong> person on. Brainstorm words<br />

which students think describe this person. Write the words around the picture.<br />

• Question students about what foods they like to eat. Make a list on the<br />

board.<br />

• Question students about what foods traditional <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people ate. Make<br />

a list on the board.<br />

• Students complete the worksheet.<br />

Answers<br />

1. (a) No (b) Yes (c) Yes<br />

• Read the information sheet to the class and discuss.<br />

• Ask the question, ‘Who cooks your food for you?’ Accept all answers.<br />

• Display pictures of people working in supermarkets, butcher shops etc. Ask<br />

the students to name what all of these have in common. (They all sell food.)<br />

• Inform the class that in traditional <strong>Aboriginal</strong> societies, everyone in the group<br />

was responsible for providing food, even the children. Give them examples<br />

of who provided what.<br />

• Discuss and complete the worksheet.<br />

Answers<br />

©R.I.C. Publications<br />

Low Resolution Images<br />

Display Copy<br />

1. <strong>Aboriginal</strong> man – wallabies, kangaroos, turtles, emus, small lizards<br />

<strong>Aboriginal</strong> woman – nuts, berries, seeds, grubs<br />

Needs 1 and 2<br />

(pages 10 – 11)<br />

• Write the word ‘needs’ on the board. Ask students to explain what needs are.<br />

• Inform the class that every living thing has needs—humans, animals, even<br />

plants. Give the example of snakes needing to find shelter to hibernate during<br />

the winter and humans needing to shelter from the weather.<br />

• On a chart, make a list of human ‘needs’. Find pictures from magazines to<br />

glue next to each word.<br />

• Ask the students what needs traditional <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people may have had.<br />

Write them on the board.<br />

• Read the information sheet to the students and allow them to complete the<br />

worksheets.<br />

6 Australian <strong>Aboriginal</strong> <strong>Cult</strong>ure R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au<br />

ISBN 978-1-86311-807-1

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!