Maths
Literacy
Learning Explorations
Young Dark Emu
Year 6
100

What is 3.7 × 10?
 

37

100

Add the missing comma:


After lunch we went outside.


After lunch**,** we went outside.

100

What was one major reason European settlers cleared large areas of Australian land?

To create farmland for crops and livestock.

100

Why is the distinction between hunter-gatherer and agriculturalist important in the book?


Pascoe argues that these simple labels can overlook the sophisticated ways First Nations peoples managed land, plants, animals and food production.

100

What team and teacher won the Beach Day at Grade 6 camp?

Green team and Mr Mitchell

200

What is 482.7 ÷ 100?

4.827

200

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A. Before we left the teacher checked the list.
B. Before we left, the teacher checked the list.
C. Before, we left the teacher checked the list.

B
200

True or False:

Both First Nations land management and farming can involve using knowledge of seasons.



True

200

Why might a particular place be considered sacred?

It may have important spiritual, cultural, ancestral or Dreaming connections.

200

What are the three first names of the Grade 6 teachers?

Lily, Kellie & Matt Matt


300

“When I multiply by 100, I always add two zeros.”


Are they correct? Explain.

No. You move the decimal point two places to the right. Zeros may be needed as placeholder

300

Which is correct?

A. "Stop!" yelled Max.
B. "Stop"! yelled Max.
C. "Stop!" yelled Max!

A

300

Which approach traditionally relied heavily on deep knowledge of local ecosystems and seasonal changes?


First Nations land management


300

Why do you think Pascoe chose the title Young Dark Emu?


It connects to the original Dark Emu while presenting these ideas in a form accessible to younger readers.

300

When is Mr Mitchells bday?

21st October


400

0.2 x 70 =


Solve by using the associative property to multiply by multiples of powers of 10


0.2 x 70 = 0.2 x 10 x 7

= 2 x 7 = 14

400

These are examples of what

  • Couch potato
  • Night owl
  • Piece of cake
  • Broken heart

Metaphors

400

How is this idea different from the way some colonial farmers viewed land?

 

Some colonial approaches viewed land primarily as something to own, clear, farm and produce from, whereas many First Nations perspectives understand Country as having cultural, spiritual, ancestral and relational significance.

400

Why is evidence more powerful than simply saying, "I think Aboriginal people farmed"?


 Evidence allows us to support claims and challenge assumptions with information from historical sources.

400

what movie did we watch at camp?

The Little Rascals 

500

Solve by splitting divisors to divide by multiples of powers of 10

248 ÷ 80 =

248 ÷ 8 ÷10

31 ÷ 10

= 3.1

500

Fix the sentence

"I cant find my shoes" yelled Jack "where did you put them"



"I can't find my shoes!" yelled Jack. "Where did you put them?"

500

Why can changing an ecosystem to make it more suitable for farming create unintended consequences?

Removing vegetation and changing water, soil and animal systems can disrupt relationships that developed within the ecosystem over long periods.

500

What is one major message you think Pascoe wants readers to take away from Young Dark Emu?


Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had complex knowledge systems and sophisticated ways of managing Country, and Australian history should recognise this.

500

How tall is Meh Meh in cm's?

175cm