Indigenous Australians

You will be completing a webquest to reintroduce ourselves to Indigenous Australians!

You will have the lesson to complete the following three activities to the best of your ability. I expect that you will finish all three activities in the lesson.

Email me at the end of the lesson with your completed WebQuest. Good luck!

You are to complete three activities with the following websites. Please use these websites as they have accurate and up to date information. Also, add in 5 images of the Indigenous culture that interests you!

http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/society.html

https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/indigenous-australians-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people

Activity one:

In a word document, you are to answer the following questions in FULL SENTENCES using the website provided:

https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/indigenous-australians-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people

1. Give a summary of the video. This summary must be in your own words, not copy and pasted. You must also give 5 points you did not know about Indigenous Culture.

2. What is the correct terminology to use when referring to ATSI people?

3. Explain the term Torres Strait Islander.

Activity two:

Go to http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/society.html. Read the section titled “Indigenous Australia”, then answer the following questions in full sentences.

1. Which two groups make up Australia’s Indigenous population?                                                                                                                                                   
2. How many Indigenous Australians were there at the beginning of European settlement?    
   
                                                                                         
3. Approximately how many Indigenous Australians are part of our nation today?                                                                                                                            
4. List three areas in which Indigenous Australians contribute to the Australian identity:                                                                                                     
5. What are some of the areas in which the government runs special programs for Indigenous Australians?                                                                                                                                                                                                         
6. Why are these programs important?                                                                                                                                                                                        
7. What is being done to preserve Indigenous Australian languages?     
   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
8. Why is it important to preserve these languages?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Activity three:

Find the names of three famous Indigenous Australians and explain what they have contributed to Australia (why are they famous)?

You should have approximately one paragraph on each person.

You are to read over your work and write a paragraph at the conclusion of the lesson addressing what you have learnt that you did not know previously to this lesson. Why is it important to learn about Indigenous culture?

At the conclusion of your information, ensure you check your spelling, grammar and punctuation. I will be checking all of this so ensure you have accurate information, read over your responses and ensure they are full sentence responses.