Connecting to Country

Develop an understanding of First Peoples culture and connection to Country. Students will learn about unique plant usage, tools and caring sustainably for Country across Australia.

Students will: 
 

• Learn about First People’s relationship to Country

• Discover indigenous plants and fibres, their uses and significance to First Peoples

• Examine tools and technologies designed and made by First Peoples

• Go on a discovery walk

Key focuses: 
 

• First Peoples connection to Country

• Sustainable use of plants for food, tools, shelter and medicine

• Exploring the diverse living collections representing different environments

Curriculum Links:

• This program supports the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority across Country and Place, Culture and People. 

• It also links to History 

  Levels 7 to 9

  • The features and structures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their continuity and change over time, such as connection to Country and Place, spirituality and kinship systems VC2HH8K08  

  • Significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ beliefs and values that shaped, and continue to shape, everyday life, such as the relationships with Country and Place, land, trade, technologies and stories VC2HH8K09

  • Cultural protocols for maintaining and preserving Country and Place, ancestral remains, cultural artefacts and artworks and shared responsibility for their maintenance, continuing use and preservation VC2HH8K10