The Rabbits - John Marsden

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Australia's people  

learning targets: 

- I understand who the Aboriginals are

- I understand the problems the First Nations ('aboriginals') have had to face.

- I can understand and reproduce important aspects of the story  "The Rabbits".

Look at the front cover of this book called The Rabbits

What do you see?

What do you think is going on in this picture?

What does it make you wonder?

look

Now, let's read the book

samen lezen, klassikaal lezen of video laten afspelen  op achtergrond; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vT9Ru4NBo&t=22s

Mix & Match

Put the following events of the book in the right order.

invasion 

initial friendship

expansion

colonizers don't care about the Aborignials

resistance

complete control and domination

1

2

3

4

5

6

Aboriginals are the original (inheemse) population of Australia.

1. Yes
2. No

The Aboriginal arts and cultures of Australia are the oldest living cultures in the world!

1. Yes
2. No

The oldest art is....?

1. 10.000 years old
2. 15.000 years old
3. 23.000 years old
4. 33.000 years old

This is the sacred Ayer's rock. What do aboriginals call it?

1. Ayer's rock
2. Uluru
3. Red Ayer
4. Rock

This is an instrument, what is it called?

1. Woodflute
2. Basedoo
3. Didgeridoo
4. Flute

Go online and find answers to the following questions. 

Use the following websites:

1: https://healingfoundation.org.au/timeline-trauma-healing-australia/

2: https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/rabbits-introduced

3: https://www.commonground.org.au/article/the-frontier-wars

1. Who was James Cook and what does 'terra nullius' mean?
2. How did rabbits get to Australia?
3. What were the first major conflicts between First Nations peoples and European settlers?

 

na het researchen, bespreek kort de resultaten met de klas

"the stolen generation"

What do you think is this term means?

www.abc.net.au

brochure time

In your brochure, include answers to the following questions.

• Who are the Aboriginals and who was James Cook? 
• Explain what happened to the Aboriginals and what you think of how they were treated by the 'invaders'.