AC9ADA4E02 Year 3 The Arts

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 The Arts provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

explore how First Nations Australians use dance to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place

Elaborations

• 1 collecting and sharing information about dances choreographed and/or performed by First Nations Australians for occasions such as festivals or ceremonies; reflecting on how these dances can communicate important information or knowledge about Country/Place
• 2 exploring how First Nations Australians use dance to express connection to and responsibility for Country/Place, culture and people, such as communicating knowledge about the local seasons
• 3 exploring First Nations Australians’ use of dance to express connection to and responsibility for Country/Place such as communicating knowledge about the local season, or screen-based storytelling to maintain unique ways of life
• 4 observing how the elements of dance are used in dances choreographed and performed by First Nations Australians to communicate connection to and responsibility for Country/Place; for example, in dance about wind, water or fire
• 5 exploring the movements in dances with representatives of a First Nations Australian community or through resources created or co-created by First Nations Australians; for example, dances that share cultural accounts of Country/Place

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