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Understanding Aboriginal Culture: Myths, Legends, and the Significance of Dreamtime

This exploration delves into how Aboriginal peoples of Australia pass down their history and traditions without written language, highlighting the roles of myths and legends in preserving cultural identities. We will discuss what defines an Aboriginal person, the shared bonds among Aboriginal communities, and the concept of Dreamtime, exploring beliefs about ancestors' spirits and their relationship to the land. Additionally, we reflect on the significance of Uluru, its historical context, and its representation within Aboriginal culture.

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Understanding Aboriginal Culture: Myths, Legends, and the Significance of Dreamtime

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  1. DGQ: Without a written language, how do you think a people’s history and traditions passed on and preserved?

  2. What purpose to myths and legends serve? • Examples?

  3. Review your Aboriginal Australia notes. • Be prepared to answer the following questions: • Who is an Aborigine? • What bonds the Aborigine people together? • Predict: What do you think dreamtime is?

  4. Review your Aboriginal Australia notes. • Be prepared to answer the following questions: • What is a dreamtime? • What do they believe about their ancestor's spirits? • Reflect: What do you think is the purpose of a dreamtime?

  5. Ayers Rock • Facts: • 1141 feet high • 2.2 miles long • 1.2 miles wide • You would walk 5.8 miles around the base • Name: •  Ernest Giles - first to see • William Gosse named the rock Ayers Rock 1873  • 1985 - park given back to Aborigines • 1995 - official name change to Uluru • Uluru • What does Uluru represent to the Aborigines? • How is the story of the battle between the Kuniya and Luri recorded?

  6. Answer the following on a scratch sheet of paper: • Describe how the Uluru dreamtime illustrates the relationship between the Aborigines and the land. • Please hand this to Ms. Haley as you are dismissed from class ☺

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