AC9AVA2E01 Years 1 to 2 The Arts

Content descriptor explore where, why and how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience visual arts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating a diverse range of artworks made by living Australian artists; for example, artworks from a local, national, state or regional collection
• • Elaboration exploring when, where, how and why First Nations Australians use visual arts, crafts and designs to share knowledge about cultures; for example, during celebrations such as Aboriginal Children's Week, NAIDOC week, Reconciliation Week or to acknowledge significant occasions such as Sorry Day
• • Elaboration using Viewpoints to co-develop questions to explore and investigate ideas and understandings about artworks, craft works or designs; for example, “What do I think is the story in this artwork?”, “What do I recognise in this artwork?”
• • Elaboration using Viewpoints to co-develop questions to explore an artist and their practice; for example, “Who is the artist?”, “When and where was this artwork created?”, “What materials and techniques might this artist have used?”
• • Elaboration identifying similarities and differences in artworks that represent subject matter or ideas they may be exploring in other learning areas; for example, exploring artworks that represent significant events from different times such as celebrations, or subject matter such as living creatures and their relationships with their environment