DREAMTIME PROJECT

WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE "DREAMTIME"?

• The dreamtime was an unrecorded era of creation.
• Native to the aboriginal australians, they were told to children
• Told by the elders and passed on down generations.
• Sometimes the stories would change

HOW DO THE STORIES GET PASSED ON?

• The stories are told by the elders to the children
• And are passed on from generation to generation

WHAT IS A TOTEM?

• A TOTEM IS A SMALL TRINKET WHICH SYMBOLISES AN ANIMAL FOR A CHILD
• It is usually given due to a coincidence with the pregnant mother
• They are always native australian animals

HOW IS THE ABORIGINAL MAP OF AU DIFFERENT TO THE MODERN MAP?

• IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE GROUPS ARE USED
• TO CLASSIFY THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND FAMILY GROUPS
• IT WAS ALSO USED TO FIND DIFFERENT TRIBES

DESCRIBE THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE

• The social structure of the aboriginal people was different to ours because:
• They had some customs where the men would hunt and cook,
• Where others had the men hunting and the women cooking, while the
• Elders looked after the children.
• The traditional roles for the women were to look for nuts and berries

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