AC9ADR2E02 Year 1 The Arts

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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 examples of drama created and/or performed by First Nations Australians

Elaborations

• 1 exploring when, where, how and why First Nations Australians use drama to share knowledge about their cultures; for example, during celebrations such as National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, NAIDOC Week, Reconciliation Week or the acknowledgement of significant occasions including Sorry Day
• 2 exploring First Nations Australians’ use of drama to express connection to and responsibility for Country/Place, such as communicating knowledge about the local seasons, or storytelling to communicate knowledge to maintain unique ways of life
• 3 observing how the elements of drama such as place, language and movement are used in First Nations Australians’ cultural expressions that they experience; for example, through direct engagement or using resources created or co-created by First Nations Australians
• 4 exploring ways of communicating knowledge through stories; for example, learning about stories that communicate knowledge of the environment in their region, through direct engagement (co-creating drama to share the knowledge) or using resources created or co-created by First Nations Australians
• 5 co-creating a Welcome to Country (as appropriate) or an Acknowledgement of Country to perform before their drama class with a First Nations Australian person who has cultural authority, or using advice from a resource such as protocols from their school sector

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