Acknowledgement or Welcome? (Grade 3)
Free printable HASS worksheet for Grade 3. Students classify real scenarios as an Acknowledgement of Country or a Welcome to Country, match protocol terms to their meanings, and answer fixed scenario questions.
Grade 3 · Social Studies worksheet
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Social Studies
Acknowledgement or Welcome?
Sort each scenario, match each term to its meaning, then circle the best answers. Extension (not marked): listen to the next Acknowledgement of Country you hear and notice whose Country is named.
- 1.Which one is this? "The Traditional Owners give another person their permission to deliver it for them."
- a) Welcome to Country
- b) Acknowledgement of Country
- 2.Which one is this? "A visiting speaker who is not a Traditional Owner shows respect with it before speaking."
- a) Welcome to Country
- b) Acknowledgement of Country
- 3.Which one is this? "It can include singing, dancing or a smoking ceremony as well as a speech."
- a) Welcome to Country
- b) Acknowledgement of Country
- 4.Which one is this? "A sports coach begins the club's presentation night with it, on land far from her own home town."
- a) Welcome to Country
- b) Acknowledgement of Country
- 5.Which one is this? "An Elder welcomes visitors onto her people's Country at the start of a festival."
- a) Welcome to Country
- b) Acknowledgement of Country
- 6.Which one is this? "A school captain opens assembly with words of respect for the Traditional Owners."
- a) Welcome to Country
- b) Acknowledgement of Country
- 7.Match: Welcome to Country
- a) a welcome onto Country given by its Traditional Owners
- b) someone with a responsibility to care for Country and pass it on
- c) a group of people who share a traditional language
- d) a respected person their community recognises as a keeper of knowledge
- e) words of respect for Traditional Owners that anyone can offer
- 8.Match: Acknowledgement of Country
- a) a welcome onto Country given by its Traditional Owners
- b) someone with a responsibility to care for Country and pass it on
- c) a group of people who share a traditional language
- d) a respected person their community recognises as a keeper of knowledge
- e) words of respect for Traditional Owners that anyone can offer
- 9.Match: Custodian
- a) a welcome onto Country given by its Traditional Owners
- b) someone with a responsibility to care for Country and pass it on
- c) a group of people who share a traditional language
- d) a respected person their community recognises as a keeper of knowledge
- e) words of respect for Traditional Owners that anyone can offer
- 10.Match: Elder
- a) a welcome onto Country given by its Traditional Owners
- b) someone with a responsibility to care for Country and pass it on
- c) a group of people who share a traditional language
- d) a respected person their community recognises as a keeper of knowledge
- e) words of respect for Traditional Owners that anyone can offer
- 11.Match: Language group
- a) a welcome onto Country given by its Traditional Owners
- b) someone with a responsibility to care for Country and pass it on
- c) a group of people who share a traditional language
- d) a respected person their community recognises as a keeper of knowledge
- e) words of respect for Traditional Owners that anyone can offer
- 12.Your school is planning a Welcome to Country for its 50th birthday celebration. Who should the school invite to deliver it?
- a) A Traditional Owner of the local Country, or someone they authorise
- b) Any parent who volunteers
- c) The oldest teacher at the school
- 13.A Welcome to Country welcomes visitors to:
- a) The nearest airport
- b) Australia as a whole country
- c) The Country of the Traditional Owners giving the welcome
- 14.Which statement about an Acknowledgement of Country is correct?
- a) It must use one exact official script
- b) There is no single fixed wording; it should be sincere
- c) It can only be given on 26 January
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- AIATSIS - Welcome to Country — defines Country as the lands, waterways and seas peoples are connected to, carrying law, language, family and identity, and states that only Traditional Owners can welcome visitors to Country or authorise others to do so, while anyone can acknowledge Country
- Reconciliation Australia - Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country — documents that a Welcome to Country is delivered by Traditional Owners (or people they have given permission) and can include a speech, singing, dancing or a smoking ceremony, while an Acknowledgement of Country can be offered by any person
- ACARA - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority — the curriculum priority these worksheets serve; the paired term Country/Place and the phrase First Nations Australians follow ACARA's own usage