Cause and Effect
VIDEO THIS SHEET RELATES TO:
Bob Muir, Woppaburra
VIEW VIDEO ONLINE AT:
www.fba.org.au/culturalheritage
www.youtube.com/fitzroybasin
SETTING THE SCENE
Students use a map to locate the Keppel Islands off
Yeppoon in central Queensland. Teachers may be able to
provide a Google map.
Step 1 - What do you already know about the Keppel
Island people? Write response here:
DURING THIS LESSON, STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO:
• Describe what life was like for the Keppel Islanders
(Woppaburra people) before contact with
Europeans.
• Infer the reasons for changes to the traditional
Woppaburra way of life.
• Identify some effects of contact with Europeans for
the Woppaburra people.
STEP 2
Investigating the evidence by locating information in
the video clip
Students are invited to view the video and listen carefully
to Bob Muir’s story.
Students need to consider land and sea environments
presented in the video.
Teachers are encouraged to discuss (with the whole
class) stions that students have after watching the video.
This may include vocabulary clarification.
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STEP 3 – READ THE INFORMATION IN THE BOX AND COMPLETE THE ACTIVITY BELOW.
Archaeologists have established that people have inhabited the Keppel Islands for over 5,000 years.
Question: The table below contains statements about life on the Keppel Islands before and after contact with
Europeans. Circle true or false for each statement.
TRADITIONAL LIFE ON THE KEPPEL ISLANDS WOULD MEAN THAT....
a
before European contact, animals and plants provided everything the Woppaburra
people needed to survive and be connected to their Country.
TRUE
FALSE
b
the lives of the Woppaburra people would not change after contact with Europeans.
TRUE
FALSE
c
before European contact, knowledge about Woppaburra culture was written and kept.
TRUE
FALSE
d
before European contact, the Woppaburra were free to make their own decisions.
TRUE
FALSE
STEP 4 – READ THE INFORMATION IN THE BOX AND COMPLETE THE TASK BELOW
In Bob Muir’s story, past events had effects that have impacted on the Woppaburra people.
Task: Explain the effect of each event shown below. Teachers may need to play the video again. Write your responses
in the empty boxes located below each event, as shown.
Early European
settlers on the Keppel
Islands destroyed the
Woppaburra people’s
canoes.
Effect
After contact with
Europeans, many
Woppaburra people
were removed from
the islands and sent
to other places.
Effect
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Young people who
are Woppaburra
descendants are
now returning to the
Keppel Islands.
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STEP 5 – INFERRING EFFECTS FROM THE EVIDENCE.
What does “Connection to Country” mean for Woppaburra descendant Bob Muir?
Circle some key words and justify your choices through discussion with your teacher and class members.
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