Australia and New Zealand
The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:
Inquiry Skills—You will analyze societal issues, trends, and events; contribute appropriately to public deliberations; and identify and analyze real-world public problems.
Directions
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Self-Checked Activities
Read the instructions for the following activities and type in your responses. At the end of the lesson, click the link to open the Student Answer Sheet. Use the answers or sample responses to evaluate your work.
1. The Great Barrier Reef
Read the Knowledge Article on the Great Barrier Reef and answer these questions:
a. What are three ways that the Great Barrier Reef is important to Australia?
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b. What elements are threatening the Great Barrier Reef, and how is the reef in danger as a result?
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c. Looking into the future, what conservation and preservation tactics will work to protect the Great Barrier Reef?
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2. Aboriginal Culture and Modern History
Read the Knowledge Article on Aboriginal Culture and Modern History, and then answer the following questions:
a. Where did the Aborigines come from? Are the Aborigines one group of people or a scattered mixture of tribes?
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b. Consider what you have read in the Knowledge Article about the Aboriginal idea of Dreamtime. In two to three sentences, summarize what Dreamtime was to the Aborigines.
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c. Taking into account the Aborigines’ Dreamtime tradition, why did native Aborigines view the European colonization of Australia as a belligerent action?
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d. Consider the interactions between the Aborigines and the British settlers. Then, based on your knowledge of U.S. history, think about how American Indians in North America interacted with European settlers. Use the tables below to compare and contrast these native peoples and their relations with European settlers.
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American Indians andEuropean Settlers / Aborigines and European Settlers
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3. New Zealand Film Industry
Read this article about the rise of the film industry in New Zealand, and consider the industry’s significance to the small island nation.
a. What about New Zealand has resulted in its rising popularity with filmmakers?
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b. What are the positive effects of the film industry on New Zealand’s economy? What negative effects might the industry have on New Zealand?
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