Ask a Victorian Aboriginal artist to show how and why people made hand prints on rocks using ochre. What does rock art tell us about the history of the people who made it? What do the drawings mean? Students make an entry in their journal about the meaning behind rock art, eg, at Gariwerd. Sand drawing Sand drawing is an integral part of Victorian Aboriginal story telling. Invite a knowledgeable community member to demonstrate story telling through sand drawings. Ask the students to tell a story using sand drawings. Assessment: observation, quizzes, role-play, contribution to class discussions, written work, oral presentation, performance (delete those not applicable) Topic 6: Dreaming Stories Wherever possible, ask the students to speak and write in Language. Overview Suggested Student Activities Insert words and Comments/resources grammar in target for the Language Language Team and Aboriginal Teacher Greeting routine See topic 1. Farewell routine See topic 1. Revision Revise vocabulary Discussion of oral histories Discuss oral histories or or stories stories that fall into one of the following categories: See Bringing Them Home oral collective histories - group history project stories spiritual narratives - law, ‘The Filling of the family relationships, Bay – The Time of relationships to the land and Chaos’ in , page sea, food 37 cultural practices - handed down from generation to Baluk Arts 2016 generation
Ask a Victorian Aboriginal artist to show how and why people made hand prints on rocks using ochre. What does rock art tell us about the history of the people who made it? What do the drawings mean? Students make an entry in their journal about the meaning behind rock art, eg, at Gariwerd. Sand drawing Sand drawing is an integral part of Victorian Aboriginal story telling. Invite a knowledgeable community member to demonstrate story telling through sand drawings. Ask the students to tell a story using sand drawings. Assessment: observation, quizzes, role-play, contribution to class discussions, written work, oral presentation, performance (delete those not applicable) Topic 6: Dreaming Stories Wherever possible, ask the students to speak and write in Language. Overview Suggested Student Activities Insert words and grammar in target Language Comments/resources for the Language Team and Aboriginal Teacher Greeting routine See topic 1. Farewell routine See topic 1. Revision Revise vocabulary Discussion of oral histories or stories Discuss oral histories or stories that fall into one of the following categories: collective histories - group stories spiritual narratives - law, family relationships, relationships to the land and sea, food cultural practices - handed down from generation to generation See Bringing Them Home oral history project ‘The Filling of the Bay – The Time of Chaos’ in , page 37 Baluk Arts 2016
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