Indigenous Studies Lesson 5: The Spread of British Settlement

Pushing the Boundaries- The Spread of White Settlement. This resource is fantastic for Australian History lessons from year 3 - year 8. Students learning about first contacts or studying Indigenous Australians and their recent past will be amazed by some of the facts in this resource about the growth of the British colony from 1788 until the 1850's.

Includes: 12 informational slides (PDF format) to teach your lesson and a worksheet template for students to select a British explorer and create a written biography.

Students will learn about:

• The Growth and Spread of White Settlement from Sydney Cove
• Spreading Foreign Diseases Across the Country
• How the British was Confronted by Aboriginal Resistance
• The Tasmanian Aborigines & Van Diemen's Land
• Timeline of the Spread of the British Colony Across Australia
• British Inland Explorers and the Blue Mountains Range: William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth
• The Frontier Conflict
• Misunderstandings Between the Aboriginal People and the British People
• How the British Ignored Prior Ownership- No Treaties Between the Two Cultures
• Batman's Attempt at a Treaty
• First British Explorers to Visit Areas Within Australia

Also includes:

• Task involving creating a written biography on a British Inland Explorer
• 1 worksheet template for writing a biography

For Indigenous Studies: Lesson 1 click the link HERE!

For Indigenous Studies: Lesson 2 click the link HERE!

For Indigenous Studies: Lesson 3 click the link HERE!

For Indigenous Studies: Lesson 4 click the link HERE!

Or to download Lessons 1, 2, 3 & 4 at a discounted price click the link HERE! (Save $ when purchasing the BUNDLE deal)

*please note that the preview only shows the informational slides. The worksheets are also included in the download*