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Indigenous School Resources for Teachers and Students.
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Stone Axe/ Tool making
....full
colour A4 printouts and mini movie
Make a stone axe using traditional Aboriginal materials and methods step by step...
Stone axe making, cross curriculum
skills learned, and problems solved learning this age old skill, laying a
foundation from day one for ongoing projects or one off activities.
.. useful as a reference across the curriculum.
• Tools and Technology Natural Resources and Material culture
• Record the process with text and images
• Keep the stone axe and use them over a period of time.
• Refer to their progress and acknowledge Indigenous culture.
A very
easy way to get kids to learn... they read the
instructions, look at the pictures,
watch the movie.... have a variety of attempts with the number of times the axe is ground on each side,
how many folds for the basket, not to mention
co operating...
These activities are hands on
Traditional uses are identified and the activity can be by small groups or individually.
Contains enough information for an immediate group, class or individual session.
Delivery could be in the bush, the garden, classroom
in groups or independently finished samples.
Indigenous
School Resources for Teachers and Students.
Ready to go projects with materials you can pick up....
String
making
&
Basket making
full
printout
Plenty
of fibre supplied and cheaply resupplied plus info on resupply - help
with I.D. of
local natural
firbre sources
...
Make a Leaf Basket and see first hand its elegant design and strength.
Basket Making Beautiful Baskets created and
valuable skills learned using readily available materials with helpful realistic
and fully printable, colour, step by step instructions
.Great
for all ages and skill levels.
This type of basket can be made in less than 10 minutes......and can last
for years. The colour photos and printable instructions provide an insight
into traditional basket making that shows the whole process from collection
of materials and
alternatives to a beautiful finished basket made from a large palm leaf, sheet
of bark or even cardboard.
