I Love Sonlight and FIAR but neither has a huge lot on Australian History so here is the beginning of my Australian History Study. I am using the book Our Sunburnt Country by Arthur Baillie as the spine for the study and supplementing as we go through it. I expect to do this a few times over the years going into more detail each time as the kids get older, so once again this page will be a work in progress.
Downunder Literature sells a resource called Australian Book Traveller which is similar to FIAR except these books will help you travel around Australia. I really would love to get this as I think it will fit perfectly into what we are already doing. They also have a free timeline of Australian history to download.
Australian Maps to download
Very basic one here to fill in and label
Map Puzzle here (this is a computer game)
Australian Flag
Here and here or at Homeschool Share
Downunder Literature has a Flag Lapbook
Australian Resources at Homeschool Share
Looking for Tot School ideas to explore Australia while the bigger kids study it?
This post @ Creativity Abounds has some fantastic ideas.
Our Sunburnt Country Unit Study
Chapter One
Lots of links here about the dream time
Stories of the Dreaming listen to stories from the different states of Australia.More online audio stories here and here. Bunyip stories here
More about the dreaming here this site also leads to more links such as tools and technology which is another topic covered in Ch 1
Rabbit Trails - Look at other stories about Creation from around the world. More links here and here
Thank you so much for your kind words and linking to me. I am off to check out the rest of your blog.
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