Australia

Oceania

Australia

• Continent
• Island
• Colonization
• Colony
• Settlement

Please watch the videos with your children to discuss issues that may be controversial (Settlement Day vs. Invasion Day)
• Indigenous

Australian Foods

• Vegemite
• TimTam -- you can find these at the Wal-Mart on Merchants Green

Australian Animals

• Perth Zoo
• Australian Museum
• Native Animal Fact Sheets from NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
• Australian Animals List from Trishan's Oz

 Assignments

• Look up favorite nursery rhymes and children's songs in Australia.  Learn about one to share with the class
• Learn about accents -- listen to different accents and dialects.  Do you have an accent?  How do accents relate to culture?