RIC-0667 Aboriginal Cult 5-6
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In the Past<br />
The <strong>Aboriginal</strong> Flag<br />
(page 13)<br />
Who is This?<br />
(page 14)<br />
Indicator:<br />
<strong>Aboriginal</strong> Life Today<br />
Teachers Notes<br />
Recognises that <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people respect their heritage and culture.<br />
This section discusses the history of <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people in Australia. It endeavours<br />
to show students how traditional <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people live in Australia today, and<br />
how they have kept their culture alive.<br />
<strong>Aboriginal</strong> people of Australia believe their ancestral beings were responsible for<br />
creating the world as we know it today. Records show that <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people have<br />
been living in Australia for about 40 000 years.<br />
Australia is a multicultural society; There are people from many cultures living<br />
here. Many <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people live in Australia. Some are still living a traditional<br />
life, while others live in towns and cities. Traditional <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people had a system<br />
called the kinship system, which was a way for them to identify, approach and treat<br />
others in their group. Although this system may seem complicated, <strong>Aboriginal</strong><br />
people learnt and followed the kinship system without any fuss.<br />
There are <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people living in Australia today who still live by the kinship<br />
system. Many <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people living in communities still live by the traditional<br />
ways, where the kinship system is very much a part of everyday life and traditional<br />
laws are followed.<br />
There are many <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people who have been very successful in their chosen<br />
fields. Some are well-known <strong>Aboriginal</strong> Australians and others are just everyday<br />
citizens. The one thing these people all have in common is their heritage and<br />
respect for their culture.<br />
• Display an Australian flag or a picture of one. Discuss why we need a flag<br />
and what it represents.<br />
• Show a picture of the <strong>Aboriginal</strong> flag; tell the students its significance to<br />
<strong>Aboriginal</strong> people and what it represents. (The red represent the earth, the<br />
black represents the <strong>Aboriginal</strong> people and the yellow represents the sun.)<br />
• Show the class pictures of well-known <strong>Aboriginal</strong> Australians, such as Ernie<br />
Dingo or Cathy Freeman. (You can usually find these in magazines.)<br />
• Ask what these people have in common. (They are all <strong>Aboriginal</strong>.)<br />
• Inform the students they also live in Australia, and there are many <strong>Aboriginal</strong><br />
people living in Australia.<br />
• Both the ‘<strong>Aboriginal</strong> Flag’ and ‘Who is This?’ worksheets support this lesson.<br />
Page 13 – Students could use crayons, paint or materials such as crepe paper<br />
or cut-up coloured squares of paper to decorate the flag. (The top<br />
rectangle is black, the bottom rectangle is red and the circle is<br />
yellow.)<br />
Page 14 – Students cut out the picture squares with numbers at the bottom<br />
of the page and glue them onto the matching number to make<br />
Ernie Dingo’s face.<br />
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