Deep Time History
What is the length of time that First Nations people are thought to have occupied Australia.
65000 years
Name and define the two different types of sources we look at in History.
Primary source - made at the time of the events we are studying.
Secondary source - made after the events we are studying.
Challenge a member of another team to rock, paper, scissors.
Winner gets $100 for their team. Losing team is fined $50.
What is this jumbled up Australian food?
tmeegive
Vegemite
Butchulla country.
Finish this sentence
Historians think about cause and _ _ _ _ _ _
effect
Challenge a member of another team to a stare off.
Winner gets $200 for their team. Losing team is fined $100.
What was the name of the ancient supercontinent that connected modern-day Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Tasmania during the last ice age.
Sahul.
What was the name of the volcano we learned about that erupted and created lava canals?
Budj Bim volcano.
Different perspectives are...
the different ways that people look at an issue, or the different points of view on something.
Challenge a member of another team to a contest of accuracy (three throws into the bin). Best of three wins. A draw sees both teams get the $$.
Winner gets $300 for their team. Losing team is fined $200.
Indigenous Australians used this deliberate land management technique to clear undergrowth, encourage new plant growth, and prevent destructive bushfires.
Firestick farming.
a. 3000-4000 years old
b. 4000-5000 years old
c. 6000-7000 years old
C. 6600 years old.
The historical concept that relates to trying to understand how people felt in the past.
What is 'empathy'?
Challenge another team to a contest of bottle flipping. Best score out of 10 wins. Caps get 2 points.
Winner gets $400 for their team, losing team is fined $300.
What was the score of the 2nd State of Origin game played last Wednesday?
We studied some famous rock paintings that can be found at Carnavon Gorge in Queensland. Can you remember three symbols and their meanings that were on these rock paintings.?
handprints - mean hello and goodbye, also a meeting place.
boomerangs - hunting equipment
axes - hunting equipment
footprints - child's burial site
white and red grid markings - a burial site or the material for wrapping up bodies.
emu tracks - food
What does 'context' mean in relation to sources.
Information that helps us understand the meaning of the source.
For example, what else was happening at the time the source was made, what the lives of the people who made the source were like.
Challenge a member of another team to a plank. If both plankers last 2 minutes, a draw is declared and both teams get points.
Winner gets $500 for their team. The losing team gets fined $400.
What was the name of the extinct ancient megafauna that was thought to be like a giant wombat?
Diprotodon