Victorian Aboriginal Languages / Levels 7 to 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Investigate how the kinship system functions to integrate personal and community histories and relationships
Elaborations
understanding and discussing kinship as a system, and explaining its importance in maintaining and regulating social relationships in Aboriginal communities
investigating how the language community addresses gaps in knowledge about the kinship system
exploring how language is involved in the patterning of ownership and management of land and associated stories
understanding that different roles and responsibilities in community and public life can be determined by kinship and traditional social groupings
explaining how art forms, songs and dances identify people and places
