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Exercise
Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 4, 5, 6
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REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Outline what is meant by Deep Time. 2. Identify what we can use sources, such as Dreaming stories, to learn about. 3. Briefly explain the term Everywhen.
4. Fill in the gaps. The pathways of daily travel and trade across the continent are known as ________ ________. Travel pathways are marked out by features of the landscape and remembered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the ________. The songlines recorded the journey taken by the ________ ________ as they travelled across the land. The ________ ________ gave people a detailed mental image of their land that enabled them to travel safely through Country. 5. What were the 250 language groups of Australia linked to? ANALYSE AND APPLY 6. Is SOURCE1 a primary or secondary source? Explain . 7. Explain how you could compare the symbols used in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ art with, for example, Egyptian hieroglyphs or Sumerian cuneiform. 8. SOURCE2 explains the importance of the Dreaming. Using the source and the information from the text, write your own definition of the Dreaming. EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 9. The SOURCE3 map shows the traditional lands of the many languages of Australia. During the eighteenth century European powers, such as Britain, could take control of land outside their own borders if they could claim it was unoccupied. The term used was ‘terra nullius’, meaning a land belonging to no-one. Using SOURCE3 and the text as your evidence, explain why the claim that Australia was terra nullius was incorrect. 10. Use the sources and the text from this lesson to write a paragraph explaining why Everywhen and Dreaming are important words to understand when beginning our study of the Deep Time history of Australia. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
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