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Australia Day Inquiry Pack | Indigenous Perspectives | Upper Primary
Explore Australia Day through a thoughtful, curriculum-aligned inquiry that builds knowledge, critical thinking, and reflection. This comprehensive Australia Day pack guides students through Australian geography and early history while encouraging them to examine the environmental and cultural impacts of white settlement and colonisation.
First, students research Australian states, territories, landmarks, food, and traditions. Next, they investigate the effects of European, Macassan, and convict settlements on both the environment and Indigenous Australians. Finally, students consolidate their learning using structured reflection and writing tasks that promote informed discussion and respectful understanding.
Importantly, this resource uses research-based recording pages, making it ideal for inquiry learning. Students gather information through books, trusted websites, atlases, and interviews, then record and reflect using clear, scaffolded templates.
What’s Included in This Australia Day Pack
- Word Wall to build subject-specific vocabulary
- Alphabet Key
- KWHL chart (colour and black & white)
- Interactive Notebook pages
- Name each state and territory + five key facts
- Cartographic conventions definitions
- Templates for facts, celebrations, and traditions
- Impact of Europeans on Indigenous Australians
- Impact of Europeans on the environment
- Impact of Macassans on the environment
- Impact of convicts on Indigenous Australians
- Impact of convicts on the environment
- De Bono’s Hats thinking task (colour and black & white)
- Mapping tasks using atlases or online research (scale, north, key, grid references, distances)
- Detailed geography study for each state and territory
- Venn diagrams: Indigenous Australians & Europeans / Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
- Writing planners
- Recount: How do I acknowledge Australia Day?
- Explanation: Why do we acknowledge Australia Day?
- Exposition: Should we acknowledge Australia Day?
- The food we eat on Australia Day
- Australian slang study
- Famous Indigenous Australian graphic organiser
- Learning Reflection Notebook
Why Teachers Love This Resource
- Supports inquiry-based learning
- Encourages respectful discussion and critical thinking
- Integrates geography, history, and literacy
- Suitable for upper primary classrooms
- Flexible for individual, small-group, or whole-class use
Australia Day Inquiry Pack is just what you need to teach important facts
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