Essential Question

How do art practices allow us to explore our identity and culture?

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

Unit details

Y9–Y10 Visual Arts
Lesson Time: 40 minutes
Lessons: 12
Duration: 6 weeks

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

Unit overview

In this unit, students will:

  • examine their own and their family’s identity, values and cultures
  • compare, analyse and evaluate First Nations artists’ methods and artworks
  • explore ways First Nations artists communicate ideas
  • understand ways First Nations Peoples continue to develop their cultures
  • learn about cultural appropriation and how to avoid it
  • respond to their learning by creating their own artworks.