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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
Australian

NSW Curriculum alignment

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

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACHASSK086
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 4 Knowledge and Understanding History
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 ...
ACHASSK084
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 4 Knowledge and Understanding History
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

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Clarified information regarding 'Terra Australis Incognita'.

Change by Kristian 31st Mar

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