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~ The Kuarna People ~

Year 8 Society & Environment - Major assessment task:

Outcomes:  Students will be able to:

  • describe pre-European Aboriginal society (Kaurna)
  • state where & when Aboriginal people lived in Australia
  • explain which parts of traditional Aboriginal society remain important today and would be interesting to tourists
     

Steps:
1. Complete structured overview sheet (handout)
2. You need to:

  • research ideas related to the key words & ideas on the overview 
    Click here for links to useful internet sites
    Click here for a guide to other resources on Aborigines 
    Click here for a guide to resources on Tourism in Australia

  • create notes 
    Click here for online help on note-taking

  • and then work out the main ideas for your poster. NOTE: Publisher98 is available on the computers to help you design your advertisement

3. You must design an advertisement which targets tourists and promotes a pre-European Australian lifestyle. (Make sure you understand exactly what is required.)

4. Work co-operatively to research key areas required to complete task. Remember, your teacher will be observing your:

Group skills

Research skills

Appropriate behaviour skills
  • outlining what’s to be done
  • suggesting ways for the task to be completed
  • contributing ideas, opinions and feelings
  • listening to other’s opinions
  • accepting suggestions from others
  • questioning to clarify ideas, keeping an accurate record of the group work
  • sharing the work load
  • assessing the progress of the group
  • reaching consensus and abiding by the decision

  • identifying key words

  • preparing a search plan

  • locating reference sections

  • using computer terminals independently

  • identifying possible sources of information outside of the school

  • using skimming & scanning

  • writing notes

  • recording bibliographic details

  • deciding on the value of the information

  • summarising information

  • deciding on presentation format

  • actively listening

  • being individually accountable and recognising your responsibility in the group

  • completing tasks on time

  • having the correct equipment

  • ignoring distractions

  • making responsible decisions

  • resolving conflicts appropriately

  • sharing equipment

  • staying on task

  • valuing differences

Marks scheme:

Layout 

- attracts the target audience –It gets the reader’s attention & clearly presents ideas & arguments
- use of white space, balance of writing & visuals 

5 marks

 Language

- heading contains an attention - getting idea & is to be written in appropriate typeface/font
- use of words that convey the desired image
- the advertisement is written in appropriate point of view 

5 marks

 Use of symbolism

- the advertisement shows a person(s) with whom the targeted audience would like to identify
- the advertisement uses objects, colour, setting(s) that convey the desired image
- person(s) pictured are clothed and positioned in a way that would appeal to the target audience 

5 marks
Understandings of content
- traditional Aboriginal society is presented positively
- there is evidence of an understanding of how Aboriginal people traditionally lived
- An understanding of the importance of the environment in traditional Aboriginal society is displayed 

25 marks

 A bibliography is submitted
- It is correctly referenced and laid out to accurately show the range of research undertaken 

5 marks

Click here for online help on bibliographies

 The structured overview is completed and submitted
- It shows the range of main ideas and key words used in this stage of the research 

5 marks

 Total : 50 marks
 

Due date:_________________
 

Useful Internet sites    

Kaurna sites  |  General sites on Aborigines  |  Aboriginal tourism

Kaurna sites

SA Museum
The information on this page is reproduced from N.B. Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (1974). Tindale's attempt to depict Aboriginal tribal distribution at the time of European contact. 
http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindale/HDMS/tindaletribes/kaurna.htm

Kaurna Welcome (University of South Australia)
Translation of the Kaurna welcome message for the University's Web site [27/07/98] http://www.unisa.edu.au/ 

Kaurna  People of the Spencer region on the narrow coastal plain around Adelaide,
SA, neighbours of the Nukunu, Ngadjuri, Peramangk and Narangga peoples.
Aborigines around Adelaide
http://www.aboriginalaustralia.com/search/whatarticle.cfm?title_id=1310

General sites on Aborigines

A good list of Aboriginal Sites:
http://www.bondibeach.com/aboriginal.html

Aboriginal Australia.com
 http://www.aboriginalaustralia.com/search/whatarticle.cfm?title_id=1321

Australian Aborigines History and Culture, Research Project:
http://www.aaa.com.au/hrh/aboriginal/

Aborigines - The First Australians
http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/aborigin.htm

The First Australians
http://www.bigvolcano.com.au/human/origsetl.htm

Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library
 http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Aboriginal.html

Aboriginal settlement before the arrival of Europeans http://www.walkabout.fairfax.com.au/fairfax/thisIsAus/index.shtml#item2

Australian Aborigine Culture
http://www.allsands.com/History/People/australianabori_ssy_gn.htm

Australian Aboriginals 
http://www.seekon.com/Top/Society/Ethnicity/Indigenous_People/Australian_Aboriginals/

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Page 
http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/aboriginal/default.cfm

Aboriginal Art & Culture
http://www.atn.com.au/aborart.htm

Aboriginal Culture, Art, History, Politics and more
http://didjshop.com.au/didjlinks/links_AbOz.html

see also the Topic Links page on Aboriginal art

Aboriginal tourism

Aboriginal Culture in the The Macleay Valley, NSW
 http://kempsey.midcoast.com.au/aboriginal_culture.htm

Aboriginal Culture in Central Australia
http://www.8ha.com.au/rnbn1/aboriginalculture.htm

Aboriginal Culture in the Northern Territory
http://www.darwinconnect.com/guide/aboriginal_culture.htm

Anangu Tours 
 http://www.anangutours.com.au/

ABORIGINAL ENCOUNTERS
 Find first-hand accounts of peoples' experiences coming into contact with Aboriginal culture in Australia.
http://www.didgeridoings.com/Aboriginal/AbBodyNF.html

Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
 Learn about Australia's Aboriginal culture through the tours and programs offered by Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park.
http://www.australian-aboriginal.com/


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