Essential Question

How’s story expressed through First Nations artists’ 3D art, and my own?

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

Unit details

Y7–Y8 Visual Arts
Lesson Time: 40 minutes
Lessons: 18
Duration: 9 weeks

Australian Curriculum
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority.

Unit overview

In this unit, students:

  • explore and understand Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
  • understand cultural appropriation and how to avoid it
  • examine and analyse First Nations 3D artworks
  • consider ways of storytelling through art
  • construct a narrative and create a 3D artwork
  • explain and exhibit their artwork.