Part a) What do I already know?

-> MINDMAP:

In pairs, develop a mindmap (either on paper or using an online mindmap tool) for each of the following 2 questions. 

(You can use an online mindmapping tool such as bubbl.us if you like).

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1) How were/are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples connected to the natural environment?

Questions to consider:

How do they use it? 

How do they interact with it? 

How important is it to their daily lives?

 2) What is an indigenous garden? What are the characteristics of an indigenous garden?

Questions to consider: 

What does indigenous mean? 

Why do you think it might be beneficial to plant an indigenous garden?

We will have a class discussion to share our thoughts.

Part b) Compare and contrast

It's time for you to compare and contrast the similarities and differences of how you/our society are connected to the natural environment:

-> COMPARE:

Write a half-page day-in-the-life narrative text: focusing on how you would have interacted, connected with and used the natural environment in your daily life, try and imagine what it would be like to have been an indigenous person living before European colonisation.

-> CONTRAST:

Next, write a half-page day-in-the-life narrative text from your own perspective (that is, about you and your life) focusing on how you interact, connect with and use the natural environment in your daily life (eg: at home, at school, in your spare time).

We will have a class discussion to highlight similarities and differences, and how we feel about those.

Part c) What do I want to know?

-> LIST:

Make a list (on your own) in your learning journal of all the things you want to learn, don’t understand or questions you have about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their use of the natural environment or sustainable indigenous gardens.

Hopefully you keep these in mind when you start researching along the way and revisit your journal to answer your own questions. Click here to move to Step 2.

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