Overview
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Year Levels F–6
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Curriculum ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
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Subject Literacy
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Resource Formats Print
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Learning Focus First Nations, Geography, History, Shared reading, Guided reading
What it is
First Australians: Plenty Stories is a cross-curriculum series for middle and upper primary students that aims to help students broaden their horizons by learning about the world’s oldest continuous living cultures. The series supports:
- curriculum across literacy, geography, history, or cultural classes
- cultural understanding
- awareness of significant issues faced by Indigenous Australians
- engaging students with relevant content and texts.
What it includes
Discover the complete resources First Australians: Plenty Stories has to offer.
First Australian Plenty Stories
Student Books
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The student books include resources for both middle and upper primary students. Structured with three connecting themes, these books include:
- stories of significant issues facing Australian Indigenous peoples
- clearly structured texts
- relevant content and vocabulary for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
- lessons, activities and blackline masters for teachers.
First Australian Plenty Stories
Teacher Resource
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The teacher resource texts for middle primary and upper and primary levels help facilitate confident teaching, with:
- curriculum links for each state and territory
- key concepts, knowledge, skills, values for each theme
- background information about each text
- guidance on where to go for additional research
- learning and assessment activities
- blackline masters.
First Australian Plenty Stories
Poster Pack
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A poster pack is available for both middle primary and upper primary. There are ten posters in each pack, in each level, which have been developed to provide:
- an introduction to each book and its themes
- effective teaching tools and strategies for the whole series.
- questions to promote group discussion
- additional information for teachers.
Samples & downloads
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary Middle Primary Teacher Resource - sample pages Download PDF (566KB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary Celebrating Survival Day - sample pages Download PDF (2.7MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Middle Primary Discovering Aboriginal Australia Sample Download PDF (6.7MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary Fighting For Rights - sample pages Download PDF (6MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary Indigenous Sporting Greats - sample pages Download PDF (4.6MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary Kaisianas Journey To Torres Strait - sample pages Download PDF (4.8MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary Keeping Language Alive - sample pages Download PDF (5.8MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary Keeping Strong Through Art - sample pages Download PDF (2.9MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary Special Objects - sample pages Download PDF (4.6MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories - Middle Primary The Travelling Yamani - sample pages Download PDF (2.8MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary Upper Primary Teacher Resource Sample Download PDF (766KB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary Caring For Country Sample Download PDF (1.7MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary It's More Than Art Sample Download PDF (282KB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary Kaurareg Mob Sample Download PDF (2.1MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary Making A Difference Sample Download PDF (2.7MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary Remembering Coniston Sample Download PDF (2.9MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary Stories Through Art Sample Download PDF (2.3MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary Unsung Hero Sample Download PDF (1MB)
- First Australians Plenty Stories Upper Primary Welcome To Mer Island Sample Download PDF (3.8MB)