European Exploration - Presentation
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European Exploration - Presentation

This presentation has been created to support you throughout the Year 4 HASS History Unit - European Exploration.

Simply work through this presentation for each lesson of the unit to provide you with a simple, no-fuss way of presenting all important lesson content to your class.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to identify the diversity of First Nations Australians and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/Place (land, sea, waterways and skies).
  • We are learning to identify the diversity of First Nations Peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/Place (land, sea, waterways and skies).
  • We are learning to understand the journeys of world navigators or explorers up to the late eighteenth century.
  • We are learning to understand journey(s) of AT LEAST ONE world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts.
  • We are learning to describe the events around the establishment of the First Fleet, the key people involved and the establishment of the first British colony.
  • We are learning to understand the stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival.
  • We are learning to understand the nature of contact between First Nations Australians and their Countries/Places following the arrival of the First Fleet and how this was viewed by First Nations Australians as an invasion.
  • We are learning to understand the nature of contact between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and others, for example, the Macassans and the Europeans, and the effects of these interactions on, for example, people and environments.

Curriculum alignment

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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