Wurundjeri Interactive Map

Students will engage with the Birrarung Multi-touch Book and specifically the Wurundjeri Interactive Map to explore significant places on Wurundjeri Country from pre-contact to today, researching native plants, traditional engineering, and cultural heritage. They will reflect on these insights and create poems, paintings, or stories showcasing their understanding of First Nations perspectives and connections to the land. This unit can be self-directed or taught as a class.

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

  • A_TSICP1
    The occupation and colonisation of Australia by the British, under the now overturned doctrine of terra nullius, were experienced by First Nations Australians as an invasion that denied their occupation of, and connection to, Country/Place.

  • A_TSICP1
    First Nations communities of Australia maintain a deep connection to, and responsibility for, Country/Place and have holistic values and belief systems that are connected to the land, sea, sky and waterways.

  • A_TSICP3
    The First Peoples of Australia are the Traditional Owners of Country/Place, protected in Australian Law by the Native Title Act 1993 which recognises pre-existing sovereignty, continuing systems of law and customs, and connection to Country/Place. This recognised legal right provides for economic sustainability and a voice into the development and management of Country/Place.

  • A_TSIC1
    First Nations Australian societies are diverse and have distinct cultural expressions such as language, customs and beliefs. As First Nations Peoples of Australia, they have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural expressions, while also maintaining the right to control, protect and develop culture as Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property.

  • A_TSIC2
    First Nations Australians’ ways of life reflect unique ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing.

  • A_TSIC3
    The First Peoples of Australia (Aboriginal Peoples) belong to the world’s oldest continuous cultures. First Nations Australians demonstrate resilience in the maintenance, practice and revitalisation of culture despite the many historic and enduring impacts of colonisation, and continue to celebrate and share the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures.

  • A_TSIP2
    First Nations Australians have sophisticated political, economic and social organisation systems, which include family and kinship structures, laws, traditions, customs, land tenure systems, and protocols for strong governance and authority.

  • A_TSIP3
    The significant and ongoing contributions of First Nations Australians and their histories and cultures are acknowledged locally, nationally and globally.

Curriculum Links

  • AC9HS5K02
    The impact of the development of British colonies in Australia on the lives of First Nations Australians, the colonists and convicts, and on the natural environment
  • AC9HS5K03
    The role of a significant individual or group, including First Nations Australians and those who migrated to Australia, in the development of events in an Australian colony
  • AC9HS5K04
    The influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place
  • AC9HS5K05
    The management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences
  • AC9HS5S01, AC9HS6S01
    Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
  • AC9HS5S02
    Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats
  • AC9HS5S07, AC9HS6S07
    Present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions
  • AC9HS6S05
    Develop evidence-based conclusions
  • AC9HS6S06
    Propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects
  • AC9AVA6E01
    Explore ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in visual arts across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
  • AC9AVA6E02
    Explore ways that First Nations Australians use visual arts to continue and revitalise cultures
  • AC9AVA6D01
    Experiment with, document and reflect on ways to use a range of visual conventions, visual arts processes, and materials
  • AC9AVA6C01
    Use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to plan and create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
  • AC9AVA6P01
    Select and present documentation of visual arts practice, and display artworks in informal and/or formal settings
  • AC9E5LE01
    Identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, social and cultural contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
  • AC9E6LE01
    Identify responses to characters and events in literary texts, drawn from historical, social or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
  • AC9E5LE04
    Examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs
  • AC9E5LE05
    Create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced
  • AC9E6LE05
    Create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices
  • AC9E5LY06
    Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and punctuation including dialogue punctuation
  • AC9E6LY06
    Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, using paragraphs, a variety of complex sentences, expanded verb groups, tense, topic-specific and vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and visual featuresAC9E5LY07
    Plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations that include relevant, elaborated ideas, sequencing ideas and using complex sentences, specialist and technical vocabulary, pitch, tone, pace, volume, and visual and digital features
  • AC9E6LY07
    Plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations that include information, arguments and details that develop a theme or idea, organising ideas using precise topic-specific and technical vocabulary, pitch, tone, pace, volume, and visual and digital features
+381 potential users
Not Enrolled
$105/year

Unit Includes

  • 1 Focus Area
  • 4 Lessons

Warning

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the content on this site may contain images and references to deceased persons.

18749