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Global Awareness

Listen, discuss, try, revamp, try again, share

Play and manipulate to discover patterns

Often visual, somewhat sequential, willing to work

=We Believe....= Australia began as a British penal colony.

It is a place with interesting animals that don't live anywhere else.

=We Wonder...= Where did the Aborigines come from?

What is that Big Red Rock?

=Australia=

History
Aborigine people came from Southeast Asia during the last Ice Age. Europeans sailed around Australia in the 1700's. In 1770 Captain James Cook claimed Australia for Britain. It was going to be used as a place to send prisoners. The first prisoners came from England in 1788.

People
Australia has a unique history that has shaped the diversity of its peoples, their cultures and lifestyles today. Three major contributors to Australia's demographic make up are a diverse Indigenous population, a British colonial past and extensive immigration from many different countries and cultures. Today, Australia's population of about 20 million is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse populations in the world.