Indigenous Studies Lesson 4: First Contacts

First Contacts. Includes 11 informational slides and 2 worksheets that help your students develop a greater understanding of Australian History and appreciation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Plenty of beautiful images, factual information and 2 worksheets template ‘Writing Task- Journal Entries’ to complete that requires students to write from the perspective of an Aboriginal person during the arrival and settlement of the British and/or from the perspective of a British convict who has just arrived on Australian soil and put to work. Students can use the information provided from the informational slides to guide their writing. I hope your students love using this resource and expand their knowledge about the world’s oldest living culture

Students will learn about:

• The many visitors that came prior to 1770
• Captain Cooks voyage to the east coast
• Cooks instructions given by the Kingdom of Great Britain
• British Perspective on Cook’s Discovery
• Indigenous Perspectives on the Arrival
• The First British Colony
• Establishing a Penal Colony
• A Tough Start for the British Colony on Australian Soil
• Notable Aboriginal People: Bennelong, Barangaroo and Pemulwuy

Also includes:

• Task involving writing from the perspectives of the Aboriginal and European cultures to develop understanding
• 2 ‘Writing Task- Journal Entry’ Worksheets