AC9AVA2E02 – Year 1 The Arts: Visual 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.

Elaborations

• 1 exploring how artworks created by First Nations Australian artists feature places as a way to show us why where we are is a part of who we are
• 2 identifying where they might experience First Nations Australians’ cultural expressions in their lives and communities and as part of state and national events, taking notice of ways that artists observe protocols and respect Elders or knowledge holders
• 3 listening to the voices of First Nations Australian artists as they describe the importance of Country/Place to their art-making; for example, through direct engagement or using resources created or co-created by First Nations Australians
• 4 observing how visual conventions are used in artworks and designs created by First Nations Australians; for example, exploring colours, symbols and patterns used in artworks with representatives of the First Nations Australian community or through resources that are created or co-created by First Nations Australians
• 5 exploring artworks that represent First Nations Australians’ interpretations of the night sky, co-creating symbols and/or designs to represent shapes and patterns that can be seen at different times of the year with First Nations Australians who have cultural authority

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