Today we watched two short animated films telling stories from Arnhem Land (Northern Territory).
We watched these videos because we have been exploring indigenous culture as part of our Culture Inquiry through the perspective of 'Our Impact on Culture' and how we can positively affect our year two neighbourhood culture (which will then extend to how we can positively affect our broader community culture and global culture). The two stories we watched made some strong connections to discussions we have had about positively impacting our neighbourhood culture through friendship, belonging, helping and respect.
We watched "The Be" and "Brolga". I watched each video the night before to ensure that they were appropriate for our year two children as some of the videos depict concepts and imagery that are quite powerful. While I recommend that you explore this website further with your children, I do advise you to supervise to ensure the stories are appropriate.
Dust Echoes is a beautiful website that has a collection of twelve Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories. Its interactivity is just wonderful and there are study guides attached with ideas for delving deeper into their meaning.
" Dust Echoes is one way that we are bringing everyone back to the same campfire - black and white. We are telling our stories to you in a way you can understand, to help you see, hear and know. And we are telling these stories to ourselves, so that we will always remember, with pride, who we are. "
Tom Lewis, actor, musician, Indigenous consultant
Here is the link to the Dust Echoes website:
http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/dustEchoesFlash.htm
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