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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Young explorers investigate Australian Aboriginal culture by listening to traditional Dreamtime stories and examining dot paintings created by Aboriginal artists. In addition, they locate the country on maps, discuss the geography of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Australian Aborigine Lizard Painting

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students become familiar with Australian "dot paintings." For this Australian Aboriginal Lizard painting lesson, students make illustration of three types of lizards and complete pictures using "dot painting." Students recognize the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal skeletal design-reduction relief prints

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare and contrast various forms of artistic expression associated with specific groups of people, geographic regions, or time periods, specifically, art of Australia, and create art works using procedures borrowed from...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Should Art Be for Art's Sake?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how European-America aestheticians (philosophers of art) do not all agree about the value and definition of art. students examine how some cultures do not have a distinct word or definition for art.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Warlugulong

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners explore and appreciate variety of ways in which environment can be depicted for range of purposes. They compare different representations of place and environment, and analyze ways information is being communicated.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Francis Firebrace

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person learning exercise, students read a passage about Francis Firebrace and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Website
Other

Australian Aboriginal Art and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives you information on Aboriginal Life and Culture. You will meet some working artists, see their art, and visit the Didgeridoo page.
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Website
Other

Nga (Australia): Michael Riley Sights Unseen

For Students 9th - 10th
This retrospective focuses on the artwork and career of Aboriginal artist Michael Riley. His medium is photography. His work centers around his people and others' perceptions of them.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Art of Australia

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a page on the art of Australia, including many hyperlinked names of artists and their works.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Art of the First Fleet

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at art showing the environment and wildlife that was done by artists who were in the First Fleet, the first group of settlers to come to Australia in 1787. The artworks have been arranged under four categories: Natural...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum (London): The Art of the First Fleet

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at art showing the environment and wildlife that was done by artists who were in the First Fleet, the first group of settlers to come to Australia in 1787. The artworks have been arranged under four categories: Natural...