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The Explorations of Captain James Cook PowerPoint

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A 14 slide editable PowerPoint presentation to use when teaching students about the explorations of Captain James Cook.

Use this PowerPoint presentation when learning about Captain James Cook’s Endeavour voyage to Australia, his contact with the Aboriginal people and his false claim of a Terra Nullius.

This PowerPoint presentation covers the following topics:

Who was James Cook
The Endeavour’s first voyage
First contact with the Aboriginal people of Australia
Terra Nullius.

This PowerPoint presentation includes:

informative slides
links to resources
whole class activities
independent tasks.

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NSW Curriculum alignment

HT2-2
Describes and explains how significant individuals, groups and events contributed to changes in the local community over time
In HSIE Stage 2 History
HT2-3
Describes people, events and actions related to world exploration and its effects
In HSIE Stage 2 History
HT2-4
Describes and explains effects of British colonisation in Australia
In HSIE Stage 2 History

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACHASSK086
The nature of contact between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and others, for example, the Macassans and the Europeans, and the effects of these interactions on, for example, people and environments
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 4 Knowledge and Understanding History
ACHASSK084
The journey(s) of AT LEAST ONE world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 4 Knowledge and Understanding History

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Clarified information regarding 'Terra Australis Incognita'.
Change by Kristian Mar 31st, 2019

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