Summer Learning Journey 2019-20 | Week 2, Day 4 | Activity 2: Celebrating Diversity

Welcome to another post on my blog. This is the second week for the Summer Learning Journey 2019-20. If you don't know, the Summer Learning Journey is a holiday programme where we do blog posts over the summer holidays. This is because we don't drop down in our reading and writing. Because over the holidays, we have so much fun and not do any reading or writing, so we drop down in our scores.

The second week of this Summer Learning Journey is about I have a dream... - Politics and Activism.

Activity 2: Celebrating Diversity [4 points] 

There are between 370 and 500 million Indigenous Peoples currently living in 90 countries around the world. Together, they represent over 5000 different cultures and speak 4000 different languages. That is pretty amazing ‘eh?! I wish that I could speak 4000 languages!

Indigenous People is the term used to describe the people who were the first inhabitants of a land. In Aotearoa, Māori are Indigenous. Indigenous people have rich and vibrant cultures that make the world such a fascinating, varied and enriching place to live.

For this activity we are going to become more familiar with some of these amazing indigenous communities. Please click on the links below to learn more about these fascinating groups.

Ainu People

Australian Aboriginal People

The Inuit People

Papuan People

The Maya People

Once you have finished learning about these groups, please choose the two that interest you the most.

On your blog tell us the names of the two groups that you chose and then tell us at least two interesting facts about each group. To earn full points, you must provide two facts about both groups - 4 facts in total.


I have chosen the Australian Aboriginal People and The Maya People.


Aboriginal Australians

Aboriginal Australians could be one of the oldest people living outside of Asia. They have been living for over 50,000 years. Today, there are 250 distinct language groups spread throughout Australia.

Credit: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people/reference/aboriginal-australians/


The Maya People 

Maya Mask
By Wolfgang Sauber, licenced under cc by-sa 2.0

More than 6 million Maya currently live in Mesoamerica. They speak more than 30 Mayan languages Maya has always been keen observing of the skies keeping track on the movements of the sun.


I hope you learnt something new and like my post. Have a cool day!! Bye!!