Essential Question

How do First Nations stories and images reflect different ways of thinking?

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

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Unit details

Y1 English, HASS & Digital Technologies
Lesson Time: 40 minutes
Lessons: 11
Duration: 10 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:

  • consider the different ways stories can be shared
  • view stories that have been shared through the drawing of symbols and imagery in sand
  • explore the different ways animals can be represented in stories, including Dreaming stories
  • investigate animal tracks and use this knowledge to compose their own stories
  • share their own stories by drawing in sand and using technology.