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Our Land, Our Stories is a landmark educational series exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, peoples and cultures developed by Nelson, A Cengage Company in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). Developed over three years, with more than thirty five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people contributing stories to the ground-breaking primary school resource, the series is a media-rich educational package developed for lower, middle and upper primary. All resources explicitly link to the Australian Curriculum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross-curriculum priority - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures - through exploring the three key concepts of Country/Place, Culture and People. The series was written by, and in consultation with, First Australians. In the Lower Primary People Big Book in the Our Land, Our Stories series you meet Josie, Orlando and Shae. You learn about each of the children's families and their favourite things to do together. Josie loves dancing and singing with her older sister, and they have a favourite clapping game. Orlando loves learning about the bush from his pop and taking photos of animals. Shae loves listening to her nan's stories and learning words from her language.