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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students trace their hands, then create an Aboriginal Hand Print art project. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discuss Australian Aboriginal culture through a study of storytelling and dot painting. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students compare the characteristics of artworks from the primitive cave art of 15,000 b.c. to aboriginal art of Australia. They create a contemporary bark painting based on Aboriginal dreamings in the style of the primitive cave artists. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate the nomadic lifestyle of the Aborigines both before and after the arrival fo the Europeans. They identify the roles of men and women, languages and number of tribes. They act out skits based on the lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the Aboriginal storytelling tradition through the spoken word and through visual culture as they listen to stories of the "Dreamtime" told by the Aboriginal people and examine contemporary dot paintings. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students read and discuss books about aboriginal family life. Working individually and in groups, they complete a series of activities in various subject areas, including art, language, math, and social studies. Among the activities are doll making, shape painting, plaing games, and writing. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students list the colors used by traditional Australian Aboriginal artists. They identify the different types of media and tools used by traditional Australian Aboriginal artists. Students explain the purposes of Australian Aboriginal paintings and describe the use of abstraction by Australian Aboriginal artists. They identify the use of dots and symbols by Aboriginal artists and name the point-of-view commonly used by Australian Aboriginal artists. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore Aboriginal storytelling traditions through the spoken word and through visual culture. They listen to stories of the Dreamtime told by the Aboriginal people and investigate Aboriginal storytelling in contemporary dot paintings. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students identify a current concern expressed by the Aboriginal people. They relate this concern to how the European settlement changed the lives of the Aboriginal people. Students write a newspaper column documenting this concern, its historical emphasis and its effect on the Aboriginal people. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the culture of Australia's Aboriginals and any similarities to U.S. Native American cultures. In small groups they read and discuss an Aboriginal Dreamtime story, and create a Didgeridoo. Students also write an original Dreamtime story. Full Review »
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