Cross Curriculum Priorities
A_TSICP1 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.
A_TSIC1 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.
A_TSIP3 The significant and ongoing contributions of First Nations Australians and their histories and cultures are acknowledged locally, nationally and globally.
Curriculum Links
AC9HS3K01 causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes
AC9HS4K01 the diversity of First Nations Australians, their social organisation and their continuous connection to Country/Place
AC9HS3K03 the representation of contemporary Australia as states and territories, and as the Countries/Places of First Nations Australians prior to colonisation, and the locations of Australia’s neighbouring regions and countries
AC9HS4K09 diversity of cultural, religious and/or social groups to which they and others in the community belong, and their importance to identity
AC9HS3S01 develop questions to guide investigations about people, events, places and issues
AC9E3LA01 understand that cooperation with others depends on shared understanding of social conventions, including turn-taking language, which vary according to the degree of formality
AC9E3LE01 discuss characters, events and settings in different contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators
AC9E4LE01 recognise similar storylines, ideas and relationships in different contexts in literary texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
AC9E3LE02 discuss connections between personal experiences and character experiences in literary texts and share personal preferences.
AC9E4LE03 discuss how authors and illustrators make stories engaging by the way they develop character, setting and plot tensions
AC9AVA4E02 explore how First Nations Australians use visual arts to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place
Unit Content
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