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The Explorations of Captain James Cook PowerPoint
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
Australian Curriculum alignment
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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
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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
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HistoryAustralian HistoryTeaching PresentationsJames CookEarly ExplorersBritish Colonisation
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by Trish (Teach Starter) May 18th, 2019
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