Portraits of Home Lesson 1

Read and engage with the Dunggula: Murray River Multi-touch Book. Using both the VACL and Map of Indigenous Australia | AIATSIS, identify where Bangerang Country…

Portraits of Home Lesson 2

Recap the Dunggulla: Murray River story. Discuss the sacrifices Gunyak made for her community. What did she do to ensure her community had enough food…

Portraits of Home Lesson 3

Following on from the last lesson, students further explore portraiture and the medium’s ability to convey meaning and portray emotions. On an interactive whiteboard or…

Portraits of Home Lesson 4

Introduce the task of taking photographs of community members to present as portraits. On an interactive whiteboard or device, watch the film Chaos and Stillness…

Life Cycles on Country Lesson 1

Read the Poppy-May Woora Multi-touch Book with the class Using the Map of Indigenous Australia | AIATSIS, identify where Ghungalu Country is. Ask students to…

Life Cycles on Country Lesson 2

Following on from last lesson, form a yarning circle and facilitate a class discussion about the different animal classifications: ‘mammals’, ‘reptiles’, ‘amphibians’, ‘fish’, ‘insects’. Explain…

Life Cycles on Country Lesson 3

Following on from the last lesson, students discuss in pairs the characteristics of mammals. Show YouTube clip of types of Macropods Wildlife Ep 3: Kangaroos…

Portraits of Home

Students analyse the features of photographs and portraits. They celebrate the diversity of their communities by interviewing and photographing com…

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