Resilient Australia - Developing The Resilient Artist Exhibition

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 & 8 Art:

• Investigate ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are manipulated to represent ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in artworks created across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts (AC9AVA8E01)
• reflect on the ways that they and other artists respond to influences to inform choices they make in their own visual arts practice (AC9AVA8D02)
• select and manipulate visual conventions, visual arts processes and/or materials to create artworks that represent ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AVA8C02).

Syllabus outcomes: VAS4.3, VAS4.5.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability. 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability. 

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 achievement standards: 
By the end of Year 8, students identify and analyse how other artists use visual conventions and viewpoints to communicate ideas and apply this knowledge in their artmaking. They explain how an artwork is displayed to enhance its meaning. They evaluate how they and others are influenced by artworks from different cultures, times and places.
Students plan their art-making in response to the exploration of techniques and processes used in their own and others’ artworks.

Level of teacher scaffolding: This lesson involves a medium level of teacher scaffolding with teachers facilitating class discussion, encouraging students’ reflective writing skills about art and facilitating class understanding about how art is used as a form of communication about what is happening in the world.

• A device that connects to the internet to present google slides
• Art folio or art materials such as design programs, paint, pencil, crayon, paper, rubber, etc

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Community Engagement
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity
• Cultural Understanding
• Empathy
• Social Skills

We encourage you to undertake the free PD Course How to teach a unit on fire and flood resilience for tips on how to best deliver this lesson.
If you’re concerned about the challenging nature of these topics, consider the free PD Course How to approach trauma in the classroom for information on how best to support your students.