Students farewell any guest in Language Students farewell each other in Language Revision To sing: Revise words, eg, kinship terms Animals and kinship To dance: or animals, by using flashcards. terms may feature in Corroboree dance: art works. Revise any song or dance learned earlier Victorian Aboriginal art Language related to art Ask students to tell the teacher See forms forms what they know about different art forms, e.g. songs, dance, sand paintings, basket weaving etc. and where they would find Regional Arts Victoria them Note that while dot Ask students about their artistic painting is a likes to elicit answers such as known art form across singing, dancing, music etc. Australia, it is not a traditional Victorian Ask students where they have Koorie art form. seen Aboriginal art forms, e.g. Information on museums, on TV, in their Victorian art can be homes etc. found in , which was distributed to all Invite a local community government schools in member to talk about and/or Victoria. demonstrate a local Aboriginal art form, or to organise a workshop where the students can participate Repeat new words in Language associated with different art forms wherever possible Excursion Visit the Koori Heritage Trust, Brambuk National Park & Cultural Centre, Bunjilaka or a similar cultural organisation in your area to see real examples Film the excursion to, or buy a DVD from, the cultural organisation visited to assist discussion later Play the film or DVD to the students later to remind them of what they learned, then talk about it Creating art Invite a Victorian Aboriginal For a list of prominent artist to speak about their work Aboriginal artists see at your school* the list
Students farewell any guest in Language Students farewell each other in Language Revision Revise words, eg, kinship terms or animals, by using flashcards. Revise any song or dance learned earlier To sing: To dance: Corroboree dance: Animals and kinship terms may feature in art works. Victorian Aboriginal art forms Ask students to tell the teacher what they know about different art forms, e.g. songs, dance, sand paintings, basket weaving etc. and where they would find them Ask students about their artistic likes to elicit answers such as singing, dancing, music etc. Ask students where they have seen Aboriginal art forms, e.g. museums, on TV, in their homes etc. Invite a local community member to talk about and/or demonstrate a local Aboriginal art form, or to organise a workshop where the students can participate Repeat new words in Language associated with different art forms wherever possible Language related to art forms See Regional Arts Victoria Note that while dot painting is a art form across Australia, it is not a traditional Victorian Koorie art form. Information on Victorian art can be found in , which was distributed to all government schools in Victoria. Excursion Visit the Koori Heritage Trust, Brambuk National Park & Cultural Centre, Bunjilaka or a similar cultural organisation in your area to see real examples Film the excursion to, or buy a DVD from, the cultural organisation visited to assist discussion later Play the film or DVD to the students later to remind them of what they learned, then talk about it Creating art Invite a Victorian Aboriginal artist to speak about their work at your school* For a list of prominent Aboriginal artists see the list known
AboriginalArtF-2VC1.docx