Fire, Floodplains and First Nations Peoples

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• critical thinking
• collaboration
• communication
• ethical understanding
• intercultural understanding

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 10 Geography

• Causes and effects of a change in an identified environment at a local, national or global scale, and strategies to manage sustainability (AC9HG10K04). 

Relevant parts of Year 10 achievement standards: By the end of Year 10, students explain the effects of human activity on environments, and the effect of environments on human activity, over time. They evaluate the implications of a distribution. They evaluate the extent of interconnections occurring between people and places and environments. They analyse changes that result from these interconnections and their consequences. 

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

• GE5-5: Assesses management strategies for places and environments for their sustainability

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding

Cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - Facilitate class discussion and guide students in critical analyses of excerpts from academic journals.

UN SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. 

• Target 15.1: By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements.
• Target 15.5: Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habits, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species.

• Devices for students to access online resources for research
• Student Worksheet 
• Whiteboard
• Whiteboard markers

Minderoo Foundation's Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative aims to reduce the harm caused to communities and the environment by fire and flood. It harnesses the collective power of communities, industry, government, philanthropy, and the research sector to lift Australia to be the global leader in fire and flood resilience by 2025. For more information, see Minderoo Foundation’s website.

We would like to acknowledge and express our gratitude for the expertise and advice provided in the creation process of these resources from the following parties.

The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) 

Bhiamie Williamson (Monash University)

Teach Indigenous land Management Using Fire - Secondary

Quick Summary: This course will help you learn about how John Daly uses fire stick techniques to care for Country, to reduce the impact of bushfires and protect communities.