Essential Question

How can connection to Country be shown through art?

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

Unit details

Y3 Visual Arts, HASS & English
Lesson Time: 40 minutes
Lessons: 11
Duration: 11 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:

  • build on their prior knowledge of the importance of Country to First Nations Peoples
  • explore their local environment, building connections to the sounds, shapes and patterns created by their school area
  • examine the work of renowned Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft, exploring her use of colour, line and imagery to celebrate Country
  • reflect on and represent their own connection to place in an artwork inspired by Bronwyn and Country
  • conclude the unit by writing an artistic description that details how their art expresses their connection to a place. 

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