Wyangaure and his two wives
( the 3 stars of Orion's belt ) hunted megafauna thathas been extinct for 20,000 - 7,000 years
GouldLeague food web activities
AustralianMuseum Fact sheets (The extinction of megafaunaand The Krantji Kangaroo clan of central Australia )
Many cultures with written languages through misfortunesof war and natural disasters have been lost to the modern world and wecan only guess at their story.
See NOVAonline - secrets of the lost empires
1. Mapping the story of theseven sisters
Draw a map of the world and showthe places where story of the seven sisters is found.
2. Start your own oral history- try asking your grandparents for a story about their grandparents - that's6 generations back. If you are really lucky ask your great grandparentsfor one about their great grandparent. Try not to write it down, if youhave a terrible aural memory tape it so you can listen to it many timesor try doing the activity below.
3. Learning to listen
How can we have trouble rememberinga shopping list, a person's name but recall all the words of lots of songs?Many small children can sing the 26 letters of the alphabet accurately.That's how advertising jingles work too.
Try improving your recall by settingthe story as a rhyme or even a song. Of course this isn't easy for a longstory, but perhaps you'll write something that would make a fabulous presentfor your family,
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