Aboriginal Studies
Curriculum Framework Planning
The Arts Learning Area
This webquest is part of a total unit that has been developed on Aboriginal Studies using the Curriculum Framework. It makes use of the Nidja Noongar Boodjar Noonook Nyininy (NNBNN) resource pack, developed by the Catholic Education Office of Western Australia.
Art work from Balgo Hills Art site
| Overarching Outcomes | Core Shared Values | Learning Outcomes |
1. Students use language to understand, develop and communicate ideas and information and interact with others.
4. Students select, use and adapt technologies.
8. Students understand their cultural, geographic and historical contexts and have the knowledge, skills and values necessary for active participation in life in Australia.
Art work from Balgo Hills Art site
3.RESPECT AND CONCERN FOR OTHERS AND THEIR RIGHTS
4. SOCIAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY
ARTS RESPONSES
3. Students use their aesthetic understanding to respond to, reflect on
and evaluate the arts
ARTS IN SOCIETY
4. Students understand the role of the arts in
society.
Learning and Teaching Opportunities
Art
Looking more closely at Aboriginal Paintings
Use the picture card set from NNBNN (CEO Western Australia)
Select "Borna Wangkiny" and "Shane Pickett:
Teacher models how to fill in this 7T chart to look more closely at their characteristics.
Use a Venn diagram to model comparison of similarities and differences
Look at the examples of Aboriginal Art on the Maths page
Students use the 7T chart to look more closely at their characteristics
Students construct a Venn Diagram to compare similarities and differences between the two pieces of art.
