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Content description VCLVC179

Victorian Aboriginal Languages / Levels 7 to 10 / Communicating / Creating
Content description
Interpret and respond to texts by sharing personal reactions, comparing themes, describing and explaining aspects of artistic expression and how these relate to land, sky, sea, water, people, plants, animals and social and ecological relationships
Elaborations
  1. listening to respected community speakers tell stories on Country/Place, interpreting signs and gestures and using correct protocols to ask clarifying questions and to find out about the cultural role of storytelling
  2. interpreting and responding to texts such as songs, stories, films or video clips by recording key vocabulary and expressions, identifying and explaining main ideas, themes and sequences of events, for example, by sharing personal reactions with others
  3. discussing how key messages and beliefs are communicated through stories and visual and creative arts, for example, comparing the role and representation of animals, people and landscapes in different expressive forms
  4. discussing and explaining how land, sky, sea, people, plants, animals and social and ecological relationships are expressed through the arts
  5. investigating traditional and contemporary arts, including paintings, weavings, artefacts, and identifying how they relate to or express elements of Country/Place and people
  6. listening to, viewing and comparing personal responses to popular music, identifying key messages, themes and performance styles,, and considering how they incorporate social commentary
  7. discussing how stories and songs often link neighbouring Aboriginal groups and nations
  8. retelling stories belonging to Country/Place
Code
VCLVC179
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