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Australian Animals 2 1
ABOR3500
Aboriginal Education, Policies and Issues

Group Work Presentation

Teigan Power, Abbey Bates, Alilia Sikahele

Course Co-ordinator:
Tutor: Derek Kinchela

Due date: Wednesday 15th October

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Australian Animals
Stage 1, Year 2

Unit Rationale:
The unit focuses on the topic of Australian Animals, students will explore the local environment first hand to develop knowledge and understanding of the native animals that surround us. Throughout the unit students will engage in lessons that highlight different aspects of Australian animals such as habit, food chain, and physical appearance. In conjunction students will distinguish the relationship between Aboriginals and Australian animals through research and contact with indigenous community members. Using different learning strategies students will be able to identify native animals and their role in the environment; students will also create their own interpretation of dreamtime stories about Australian Animals. Towards the middle of the unit students will attend the Australian walkabout wildlife park where they will learn about Australian animals shelters, see how animals find or build shelters in the bush also interacting with wild animals living naturally, plus visit an ancient Aboriginal site to learn about hand stenciled caves, rock engravings and bush tucker.

Class size: 23, 6 who identity as aboriginal, 2 whom are from a Pacific Islander background and 1 whom is from a Korean background

Class Description: Students in our class are of ages 6 and 7 and have seen to display mixed motivation levels when participating in activities. Most students are easily engaged in classroom activities, but only a small proportion of students are disengaged in some activities. Special considerations may need to be put in place in order for students to be motivated and keen to learn.
As for scheduling, this unit will run for 1-hour once a week over 8 weeks in



References: ECU,. (2012) (1st ed.). Retrieved from https://intranet.ecu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/510073/8-Aboriginal-ways-of-learning-factsheet.pdf Board of Studies NSW (1998-2014) K-6 Syllabus documents. Sydney: Board of Studies NSW Public Schools. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/gotoschool/a-z/is_ps_staff.php What Works. The Work Program. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.whatworks.edu.au/dbAction.do?cmd=homePage

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