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= **A day in the life of...** = = **Construct and investigate Aboriginal tools, games, housing and hunting** =

Watch this clip as inspiration for your group project: media type="custom" key="13482882"

Drawing upon your experience from the museum and exhibition you have experienced first hand what it means to be an Indigenous Australian. You have now gained an insight into the resources and lifestyle of the Aboriginal people from long ago. You will be looking into 'A Day in the life of an Aborigine'. Consider tools used, forms of art, music, ceremony, children's games, dance, hunting, gathering, shelter, family etc You may choose to map this out under different headings using the Inspiration program. Each person in the group may choose a different area and these may later be printed and compiled into a chart or information booklet.
 * __Part A__**

Useful Resources [|Australian Museum] [|Aboriginal Tools and their uses]

The link below will lead you to a varied list of traditional children's games that range from indoor, outdoor, bat & ball games and more! You are each to create a game card of one of the activities found. Your game card is to include: • playing area • number of players • a short description • equipment • game rules • pictures / sketches [|Play Traditional Children's Games]

Many Aboriginal artifacts were devised to meet the needs of living in the harsh conditions in the Australian environment. Every tool and implement used were created out of natural resources for the purposes of hunting, gathering, building shelters, carrying food from one place to another, transport over water and more. Each member it to research 3 different tools and is to include:
 * __Part B__**

• What they were made of ( i.e what was used for string and glue and where are these derived from) • Process of how they were made • Their purpose and uses • A picture or sketch You may like to bring your findings together on a cardboard poster.



Stemming from this research your are each to design your own tool from natural resources that could have been of use to the Aboriginal people or recreate one that you have researched. You may collect resources from the playground (see teacher) and bring them from home. You will need to plan your tool by mapping out who it will aid, what it will be used for, what it will be made of and sketch out its form. Then you can create!

Here is a template to make a traditional wooden canoe:

__**Part C**__ Now that you have created your artifacts you can start to visualise the setting of which it would have been used. As a group you may pitch scenarios that you imagine they would have been used and scribe these. You will then be choosing your favorite ones to create a dramatic still frame that portrays 'A Day in the Life of an Aboriginal'. You may wish to photograph these and present the story they tell in the exhibition.

To refresh your memory from drama, with a still frame, the action is frozen to capture a moment. Your images may be in a sequence, with a beginning, middle and an end to tell a story. The challenge is to include important details in your frames. Remember freeze framing is one of the most flexible forms of drama, have fun with it!

Again using natural resources you may design a plaque with a brief explanation of your tool and its origins as well as a caption for each freeze frame.
 * __Extension__**

Looking at how you'll be assessed.