Week

One

Activity
Visual Arts: Whole class, explore and appreciate Aboriginal and Egyptian
visual artworks and learn about the use of symbols for story-telling. Discuss
the difference between a personal story and Dreaming stories.
Dreaming stories are not quaint little stories for children...but are rich and
complex stories about Indigenous spirituality, knowledges and ways of life
(Centre for Indigenous Studies, 2014, pg.7).

Two

Students to use Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, or Egyptian symbol systems

to use in telling their own personal story (My Story).
Students are encouraged to gain family and/or community input to create their
stories.
Students to create and present My Story explaining their choice of symbols
and their significance. This can be done using ICT (such as Prezi or
PowerPoint) or to a live audience (the rest of the class, family or friends) and
be recorded.

Three

Music: As a group, listen to and appreciate a variety of music from various

countries and cultures. Investigate how musical concepts are linked to history
and culture.
In small groups, experiment with a variety of instruments (orchestral and
cultural), to create a piece of music that corresponds to My Story (previous
Visual Arts lessons).

Four

Individually or in small groups, students perform their song. Use it to add to

their presentation of My Story. For example, as background music for their
presentation.

Five

Drama: As a class, watch a number of short video clips (found in the

resources section- page 13).
Demonstrate how dramatic elements enhance story-telling.

Six

Using My Story as a script, in small groups, students demonstrate how

dramatic elements could make the presentation of their story more effective.
In small groups, students use dramatic elements to produce and perform a
short drama to correspond with each participants My Story.