Essential Question

How’s drama used as a vehicle for storytelling and an expression of First Nations identity and resilience?

Warning — First Nations teachers and students are advised that this curriculum resource may contain images, voices or names of deceased people.

Unit details

Y6 Drama, Media Arts, HASS & Health and PE
Lesson Time: 40 minutes
Lessons: 20
Duration: 10 weeks
Australian Curriculum
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority.

Unit overview

This unit explores how the identity of First Nations Peoples, including concepts of resilience and cultural storytelling, is embedded in a performance culture, where nonverbal communication is valued.

Students will inquire into:

  • the power of contemporary dramatic performance in telling the stories of the past and the present
  • storytelling as a dramatic art and a powerful teaching tool
  • active film elements and dramatic technique
  • First Nations artists and how a story can be told through drama
  • significant stories that tell of resilience and cultural identity.

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