AC9AVA8E01
Years 7 to 8
The Arts
AC9AVA8E01 | Years 7 to 8 Visual Arts: Visual Arts
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor investigate ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are manipulated to represent ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in artworks created across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
Strand
Exploring and responding
Substrand
Visual Arts
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Visual Arts. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration investigating arts works by First Nations Australian artist/s that cross over multiple artforms, either through direct engagement with First Nations Australian artists or using online resources created or co-created by First Nations Australians, analysing how the arts forms come together; for example, a drama presentation with visual elements such as backdrops, costumes and props, or music such as songs with lyrics that reference environmental concerns or historical events (protest songs) and are presented with projections of visual images
- • Elaboration researching the ways that artists from different times and places have represented a particular subject or theme, such as portraiture, the natural world or social events, using a range of styles and conventions
- • Elaboration analysing the ways that artists represent subject matter and ideas in their artworks when developing ideas for their own representations
- • Elaboration creating written accounts, such as catalogue entries, interview transcripts or reviews, that discuss or explain how artists have shown their ideas in their art-making
- • Elaboration investigating and trialling techniques and visual arts processes used by artists, thinking about whether these processes and technologies have changed over time, and how they can have an impact on art-making
- • Elaboration exploring the ways that artists are inspired and influenced by the practice of artists from other countries or cultures they have relationships with; for example, the reciprocal influence and impact between Australian and Asian artists and their practices
Plan a lesson from this content description.
Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- By the end of Year 8, students analyse how visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are manipulated in artworks they create and/or experience.See it on the standard page →
- They evaluate the ways that visual artists across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning through their visual arts practice.See it on the standard page →
- Students generate, document and develop ideas for artworks.See it on the standard page →
- They reflect on their visual arts practice.See it on the standard page →