AUSTRALIA PART 1

Bellwork: Define Terms

Didjeridu—long wooden bamboo trumpet Ulbura—short, wooden megaphone Yulunggul—a very large didjeridu, known as

a great snake Sticks—percussion instrument which

provides a steady beat Folded-leaf whistle—an aboriginal

aerophone

Announcements

Benchmark on Peru and Australia Tuesday, April 15th

Reading Outline #22 due this Thursday, April 10th

Outcomes

Scholars Will:

Grammar: Learn basic facts about Australian music

Logic: Create T-shirt designs that tell a “dreaming” story.

Pre-Knowledge

Name a few Australian animals. What is a common Australian weapon? Name a famous instrument. What are the native inhabitants called? How about a few famous Aussie movie

stars? What is the topography (landscape) like? Do you know the name of the natural

wonder of the world located there?

Didjeridu-video

Sticks percussion

Folded Leaf Whistle-Video

Great Barrier Reef

Guided Notes, Mate

Aboriginal culture is 40,000 years old. Arnhem Land is the name of a territory which is

currently inhabited by many aboriginals who practice the old customs.

“The dreaming” represents the creation era, when the earth was formless.

The powers that formed the world out of a shapeless mass are still present today, and able to communicate with modern man.

The purpose of chant in Wandjina cave painting rituals refer to parts of the spirit beings’ body.

 

Map Quest: ID Sydney, Arnhem Land, Tasmania, Great Barrier Reef

Active Listening #1Didjeridu

What country and genre does this remind you of?

What two instruments are being played?

Just the facts, Mate Listening #1Didjeridu

A gum or beeswax mouthpiece is sometimes added to create a tight seal over the mouth and to prevent splinters.

  The didjeridu is a sacred instrument—its

sound is an actual manifestation of the ancestral sprits creative powers.

How the powers communicate with mankind:

They are summoned through song and dance rites

Natural phenomenon such as rainbows They show themselves as animals or

men

Rock Paintings of Australia (c. 75,000/50,000 B.C.–present) Stone tools and other objects suggest Australia was inhabited as

long ago as 174,000 B.C. Carved and painted rocks date from roughly 70,000 B.C. Similarities between European Paleolithic and Aboriginal rock

paintings, even though there was no contact or exchange

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Wallpaintings of Australia

Men and Women Hunting Kangaroos, Unbalanya Hill, Amhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

CFU: Interactive Wallpainting In aboriginal culture, chanting is performed while

cave painting are being made. Get into groups of 3-4. You will need whiteboards. Choose 1 person to draw. As a group, decide what subject you’d like to draw. As the artist is drawing, the other members of the

group call out items to add to the painting. After you’ve done this, re-group and have at least

two groups re-enact their chant/painting, except this time on the classroom whiteboard.

Take your own notes, Mate

Body paint represent during a ritual represents parts of the song and dance form.

Dancing mimics the movements of animals such as birds, kangaroos and reptiles.

 Mostly all aboriginal instruments are percussive.

Active Listening #2 Albert’s song Is the melodic line ascending or

descending?

Does the rhythm of the sticks change?

Describe this change.

Just the facts, Mate Listening example #2 Albert’s song

The term timplytimply refers to the (single-)beat stick pattern.

  Often times the stick percussion will play

different patterns to illustatre actions in the (storyline)

CFU: Compare and contrast Peruvian and Aboriginal spiritual practices

Read and fill out a venn chart comparing the spiritual practices of Aborigine and Peruvian peoples.

CFU: T-shirt (body-paint) storytelling

In Aboriginal culture, people painted on their bodies before a dance ceremony.

These paintings would represents parts of the dance and the meaning of the dance.Using the creation myth you wrote for Peru, design your own T-shirt that describes the characters, materials and actions of your story.Get into the same groups as you were for your creation myth.You may cut out shapes from the felt and pin them on your T-shirt.You may draw on the shirts with dry erase markers.

Present your Myth

After you’ve made your T-shirt, at least 3 groups must present for the class.When you present your creation myth, one person will narrate the entire myth, while another wears the T-shirt and points out the various symbols representing the parts of the myth.

Exit Ticket

What does body paint during a ritual represent?

The term timplytimply refers to what?

Name two ways the powers communicate with mankind:

What are ulbera?