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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences for Year 4 students.

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The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie from the Netherlands (VOC or United East Indies Company) was established in 1602 with the purpose of buying spices from East Asia for trade on the European market.

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As captain of the newly built Eendracht, Dirk Hartog was bound for the East Indies in 1616, along with other VOC ships.

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At least four VOC ships were shipwrecked on the Western Australian coast in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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These activities introduce students to the poem Bora Ring, as well as to the poem’s background and author. They also develop students’ understanding of how an author’s perspective can change and enhance the meaning of a text.

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Sydney’s first theatre was said to be opened in 1796 and was managed by Robert Sidaway.

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The term ‘cartoon’ is from the Italian cartone, meaning paper. In the middle ages, it was used to refer to sketches that had been drawn for larger works, such as canvases, frescos, tapestries or mosaics. From the nineteenth century, a cartoon came to mean an amusing illustration in newspapers, magazines or online.

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The word narrative means story. As we write or tell stories, we are creating a narrative by describing a series of events that are connected.

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A chapter book is any book where the story is broken into different parts, called chapters.

Ayla's Christmas Wish by Pamela Jones and Lucia Masciullo.