Cross Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
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First Nations communities of Australia maintain a deep connection to, and responsibility for, Country/Place and have holistic values and belief systems that are connected to the land, sea, sky and waterways.
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First Nations Australian societies are diverse and have distinct cultural expressions such as language, customs and beliefs. As First Nations Peoples of Australia, they have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural expressions, while also maintaining the right to control, protect and develop culture as Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property.
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First Nations Australians’ ways of life reflect unique ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing.
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Australia has 2 distinct First Nations Peoples; each encompasses a diversity of nations across Australia. Aboriginal Peoples are the first peoples of Australia and have occupied the Australian continent for more than 60,000 years. Torres Strait Islander Peoples are the First Nations Peoples of the Torres Strait and have occupied the region for over 4,000 years.
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First Nations Australians have sophisticated political, economic and social organisation systems, which include family and kinship structures, laws, traditions, customs, land tenure systems, and protocols for strong governance and authority.
Curriculum Links
AC9E1LE02
Discuss literary texts and share responses by making connections with students’ own experiences
AC9E1LE01
Discuss how language and images are used to create characters, settings and events in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators
AC9E1LE02
Discuss literary texts and share responses by making connections with students’ own experiences
AC9E1LE03
Discuss plot, character and setting, which are features of stories
AC9E1LE05
Orally retell or adapt a familiar story using plot and characters, language features including vocabulary, and structure of a familiar text, through role-play, writing, drawing or digital tools
AC9E1LY05
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning when listening, viewing and reading to build literal and inferred meaning by drawing on vocabulary and growing knowledge of context and text structures
AC9E1LA05
Understand how print and screen texts are organised using features such as page numbers, tables of content, headings and titles, navigation buttons, swipe screens, verbal commands, links and images
AC9E1LY14
Read and write an increasing number of high-frequency words
AC9AVA2E02
Explore examples of visual arts created by First Nations Australians
AC9AVA2C01
Use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks
AC9AVA2P01
Share artworks and/or visual arts practice in informal settings
Unit Content
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