Refer to the Newsela article "Australian Aborigines and the Dreamtime When the World Was Created."
Part A
What does the author explain about the inclusion of a sun goddess in the stories from different aboriginal groups?
Responses
Some groups only mention a sun goddess in relation to the goddess Yhi.
Some groups only mention a sun goddess in relation to the goddess Yhi.
Each group has a sun goddess that follows the same story for all groups.
Each group has a sun goddess that follows the same story for all groups.
Each group has a sun goddess, but her specific story is different for each group.
Each group has a sun goddess, but her specific story is different for each group.
Some groups do not include the story of a sun goddess.
Some groups do not include the story of a sun goddess.
Question 2
Part B - Points depend on a correct response in Part A.
Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
Responses
"Yhi lay sleeping in a dark Dreamtime, before the world was created, when a strange whistling sound woke her up. As her eyes opened, the world became full of light."
"Yhi lay sleeping in a dark Dreamtime, before the world was created, when a strange whistling sound woke her up. As her eyes opened, the world became full of light."
"In the west, Bila is a sun goddess who roasted humans each day over the fire that lit the world. To save humans, Kudnu, the Lizard Man, and Muda, the Gecko Man, threw a boomerang at her."
"In the west, Bila is a sun goddess who roasted humans each day over the fire that lit the world. To save humans, Kudnu, the Lizard Man, and Muda, the Gecko Man, threw a boomerang at her."
"In southeast Australia she is Gnowee, who in Dreamtime, when the world was dark, lost her son.…In northern Australia the solar goddess can be Wala, who travels across the sky each day."
"In southeast Australia she is Gnowee, who in Dreamtime, when the world was dark, lost her son.…In northern Australia the solar goddess can be Wala, who travels across the sky each day."
"She [Bila] turned into a ball of fire, which ran off, leaving the world in darkness."
"She [Bila] turned into a ball of fire, which ran off, leaving the world in darkness."