NAIDOC
The Rainbow Serpent Story
What is the Dreaming Worksheet
Mr McGill
100

What month is NAIDOC Week in this year?

November

100

What type of animal was the main character in the story?

Serpent or snake 

100

Approximately, how old are the Aboriginal people?

Between 50,000 and 60,000 years old

100

What is my favourite colour?

Blue

200

What is NAIDOC Week a celebration of?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements

200

What type of animal did the serpent tickle that had lots of water in its belly?

Frog

200

How do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people tell Dreamtime stories? (only need one way)

Song, dance, painting and storytelling

200

How old am I?

18

300

What month is NAIDOC Week usually?

July

300

Where location was the serpent sleeping?

Under the ground

300

Who returns to the Earth in human form and create the animals, plants, rocks and other land forms?

Aboriginal ancestors?

300

What is my favourite food?

Mango

400

Name 2 of the Aboriginal celebrities I showed on the Powerpoint slide at the beginning of the lesson?

Cathy Freeman

Jessica Mauboy

Adam Goodes

Greg Inglis

Anthony Mundine

400

Those who obeyed the rainbow serpent were given human form, but what were those who didn't obey turned into?

Stone

400

Name one object that the ancestors' spirits transformed into?

Trees, stars, rocks, watering holes

400

What is my favourite TV show?

The Simpsons

500

What does NAIDOC stand for? (closest group gets the points)

National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee

500

How were the mountains, riverbeds and valleys formed?

The snake's body formed the mountains etc

500

What does The Aboriginal Dreaming mean?

To see and understand the law

500

What primary school did I go to?

Mountain Creek