Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on First Nations Australians

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

• critical thinking
• collaboration
• communication
• empathy
• intercultural understanding
• problem-solving

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 10 Geography 

• Reasons for, and consequences of, spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia, including for First Nations Australians. (AC9HG10K07)

Relevant parts of Year 10 achievement standards: By the end of Year 10, students explain how the interactions of people and environmental processes at different scales change the characteristics of places. They 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.

NSW Syllabus outcomes: GE5-3, GE5-6, GE5-7, GE5-8

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Digital Literacy, Intercultural Understanding, Literacy

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

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - Teachers will need to facilitate class discussions, support students in consolidating information and guide students’ map reading and creating skills.

Goal 13 | Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

• Target 13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

• A3 paper
• Climate Change and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Factsheet
• Devices for students to access online resources
• Device to share presentation with students
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations Map
• Student Worksheet
• Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on First Nations Australians Presentation
• 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)

How to Teach a Unit on Fire and Flood Resilience: 

Quick summary: This course will provide a roadmap for how to approach teaching a unit on fire and flood resilience. While primarily focused on fire and flood resilience, it will reference the importance of an all-hazards approach to disaster resilience education.