1.8 Impact on Australia's Indigenous People

Learning Intention: To understand the impact of European colonisation on Australia's Indigenous People

Success Criteria: I can:

Infer information from a map
Read and annotate information on impacts of colonisation on Indigenous Australian's
Write a TEEL Paragraph: Explain the impact of Europeans in Australia's Indigenous People

Activity 1 - Interpretation: What do you see how has it changed???

Looking at the map above....

What do you see?

What do you think it represents?

How is this a different how Australia is represented today?

Activity 2 - Impact of Colonisation (your teacher will print a copy of this for you)

Watch the following ClickView and complete the worksheet.

Impact of Colonisation on Indigenous AustraliansWhen the British invaded the Australian continent in 1788, it ended a way of life that had existed for more than fifty thousand years for ...

ClickView worksheet Impact of Colonisation on Indigenous Australians.docx

Arrival of Europeans.docx

Activity 3 - Impact of Europeans on Australia's Indigenous People

Copy the following passage in your workbooks

Approximately 700,000 Indigenous people live in Australia, comprising about 3% of the general population of Australia. These are descendants of people who occupied Australia over 60,000 years ago. There were about 320,000 Indigenous Australians living in Australia during European colonisation.

Read and highlight the handout (your teacher will print a copy for you)

Activity 4 - TEEL Paragraph Writing

TEEL Paragraph writing: Using the information you have learnt answer the following question addressing the following

Explain the impact of Europeans on Australia's Indigenous People. (refer to examples in your response)

Relate cause and effect.
Make the relationships between things evident.
Provide why and/or how.

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