THE RAINBOW SERPENT THE RAINBOW SERPENT FACT!

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1 3 THE RAINBOW SERPENT 1.4 COMMUNITY AND REMEMBRANCE H THE RAINBOW SERPENT The Rainbow Serpent appears in many Dreaming stories told by different Aboriginal groups. Usually, the Rainbow Serpent is a Creation Being and the source of life. This is one of the many stories Aboriginal people tell about the Rainbow Serpent. FACT! In the Kakadu region in the Northern Territory, the Rainbow Serpent has many different names, such as almudj and bolung. Source of life The world was cold and flat in the Dreaming. The Rainbow Serpent was sleeping underground. She had all of the animal tribes in her belly. They were waiting to be born. At the right time, the Rainbow Serpent pushed up, calling to the animals in her belly to wake up. Then she spat out the land and made hills and mountains. She caused water to spill out over the land, making rivers and lakes. And she made all of the colours, the sun and fire. A rock art painting of the Rainbow Serpent Scan the code to link to a video about the Rainbow Serpent. not final

2 The Jawoyn people live in the Northern Territory. The Jawoyn people According to the Jawoyn people, who traditionally live in the Katherine Gorge area in the Northern Territory, the Rainbow Serpent is also sleeping underground until she wakes up in the Dreaming. Then she travels around the land, using her body to make tracks. When she returns, she asks the frogs to come out, but they have bellies full of water and are very slow. So the Rainbow Serpent tickles the frogs bellies, which makes them laugh. As they laugh, the water flows out of their mouths and fills the tracks left behind by the serpent. This creates rivers and lakes and wakes up all of the animals and plants, who spread out over the land. Katherine Gorge in the Northern Territory QUESTIONS 1. What is a Billite? (C) 2. Did the majority of Western Australians vote for or against Federation? How do you know? (C) AW_H1.4d_ Watch the video A Continent for a Nation using the QR Code or at insert bitly URL here. Write down one point for Federation and one against. 4. Watch the video A Continent for a Nation a second time. When was the video made? Who was it made by? How reliable do you thing the low res OZBOX Year 3 Oxford University Press 2016

3 3 4.4 HARMONY WEEK COMMUNITY AND REMEMBRANCE H HARMONY WEEK by Charlotte Cullen Last week at my school, we celebrated Harmony Week. My teacher, Ms Rowlands, explained all about it. She said that Australians celebrate Harmony Week because we live in a country where many cultures live side by side. We want all the cultures in Australia to feel part of the one community. Ms Rowlands also said that there are lots of kids at school from different cultures and we want everyone to feel welcome. Our whole class made a fact file poster about Harmony Week. We drew all of the things we were going to do to celebrate. This image placed in 1pp but not on permissions list is it possible to source this? Scan the code to link to a video about Harmony Week. not final Australians come from many different cultures HARMONY WEEK FACT FILE When? 16 to 22 March 2015 What is it? A week when we celebrate our different backgrounds and how we live together peacefully Where? All over Australia How? Lots of ways Where are kids at school from? India, Singapore, China, Japan, Greece, Italy, Haiti, France

4 H4.4e_02665 low res The Living in Harmony Festival How we celebrated Harmony Week at my school We did lots of different things to celebrate Harmony Week. On Monday morning, we took part in a special assembly where we all put on an orange ribbon to show our support for cultural diversity. Our class presented our poster and explained how we were going to celebrate. Then there were soccer games each lunchtime because soccer is played by many cultures in Australia. We shared different foods, watched special dances and musical performances and created special arts and crafts. I really enjoyed having my hair put in a French braid and eating sushi at lunchtime. It was a great week! One of the African girls at our school put my hair in a French braid. Charlotte H4.4d_02665 low res FACT! People celebrate Harmony Week in Sydney with the Living in Harmony Festival, which goes for all of March. QUESTIONS 1. What is a Billite? (C) 2. Did the majority of Western Australians vote for or against Federation? How do you know? (C) 3. Watch the video A Continent for a Nation using the QR Code or at insert bitly URL here. Write down one point for Federation and one against. OZBOX Year 3 Oxford University Press 2016

5 3 ROWS OF LIGHTED LAMPS 5.2 COMMUNITY AND REMEMBRANCE H ROWS OF LIGHTED LAMPS Diwali is an important festival for many people of Indian background and is celebrated by people of the Sikh faith as well as Hindus. Also known as the Festival of Lights, it celebrates the victory of good over evil. Festival of Lights The word Diwali is short for Deepavali, which means rows of lamps in Sanskrit, an ancient language of India. To celebrate Diwali, everyone wears new clothes and lights lamps, called diya, which they place in their homes to encourage the goddess Lakshmi to visit and bring prosperity and good luck. The diya lamps are also lit in honour of the Lord Rama and his wife, Sita, to light their way and welcome them back from 14 years in exile. The lamps have traditionally been made from clay and filled with oil. Caption caption caption AW_H5.2e_02665: A diya lamp LOW RES Caption caption caption Scan the code to link to a video about Diwali in Australia. not final AW_H5.2c_02665

6 In Australia, not only is Diwali a religious festival but it has also become a celebration of national identity. Today it is celebrated with large events at Federation Square in Melbourne and Parramatta Stadium in Sydney. Five days of Diwali Diwali is a five-day long festival, and each day is significant. The first and third days of the festival are dedicated to the worship of Lakshmi. On the final day of the festival, the relationship between brothers and sisters is honoured. QUESTIONS 1. Question text question text. Diwali is also a time of generosity, when people give each other gifts and make donations to charity. Throughout the festival, firecrackers are set off, festive meals are prepared and time is spent with friends and family. FACT! People also welcome Lakshmi with decorative chalk, sand or rice drawings on their doorsteps. These drawings are known as rangoli. OZBOX Year 3 Oxford University Press 2016 AW_H5.2d_02665: low res Caption caption caption