Link to the curriculum

–          Random selection of students to direct the rest of the students by pointing out how the YouTube Video represents various works of art available in a given Harmony day event is related to culture.

–          Asking students to give an account of the manner in which art viewed in the Harmony day YouTube video contributes towards bringing together of diverse cultures.

Strategies: 

–          Regularly and randomly questioning students as the lesson progresses to ensure that they are attentive. Ensuring that the room does not have too much light in order to enhance the clarity and detail of works of art being projected. To cater for diversity, ensuring that works of art used are from different groups would be done.

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRamw0YtRPs

Aim (learning outcomes):

At the end of the lesson, students are expected to have an understanding of the significance and value of the harmony day paintings and their value to culture an as aspect that is best referred to as through discovery learning.

Link to the curriculum:

-The Harmony Day is linked to the curriculum since it facilitates understanding of the significance of art and paintings to theAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

– The understanding of the Harmony Day is linked to the curriculum in that it is central to understanding the meaning of the value and significance of art in bringing unity among diverse cultures of the Australian people.

Resources:

–          A video, which is primarily a visual piece of art, whose content is primarily an explanation of the Harmony day in a detailed manner.

–          A television to facilitate viewing of the video by the students.

Preparation (that teacher needs to do before class)

Activities: during the lesson

Ø  Introduction

A short story or narration detailing the paintings I saw in the most recent Harmony day, the experiences I had, where the day was organized and how the Harmony day was significant to me and others that were in attendance.

Ø  Body

Ø  The setting up of the various materials and procurement of the video on harmony day making sure they are available in the classroom

Ø  Narration of a brief story on my most recent Harmony day encounter with regards to the paintings seen

Ø  Organization of the students in a way that would facilitate the viewership of the various paintings.

Ø  Letting the students know that the paintings they are about to see were acquired from the Harmony day.

Conclusion

–          After viewing the paintings, a random question and answer session with the students on the key concepts identified in the video regarding the Harmony day.

–          Taking of short notes on key features and importance of the Harmony day paintings.

–          Allowing the students to ask questions and seek clarifications with respect to the Harmony Day paintings viewed.

–          Letting the students know that in the next lesson, we are to learn about Henna Tattoos and that they should conduct research on the topic before the next lesson.

Strategies: 

–          Ensuring that the students are paying attention to the classroom activity. Ensuring that there is ultimate silence and no distractions during and through the session when the viewing of the paintings is being be done, in and outside the classroom setting. In order to facilitate catering for diversity, ensuring that students with special needs are provided with the appropriate learning materials would be done.

Reference

Forbes, S. (2003). Government and the Arts in Australia. World Literature Today, 67(3), 494. doi:10.2307/40149342

Aim (learning outcomes):

At the end of the lesson, the students should be capable of understanding the significance and meaning of Henna tattoos and roughly recreate these tattoos through experiential learning.

Link to the curriculum:

Henna tattoos are linked to the curriculum in that they are part of the Australian culture and the central theme of the curriculum is facilitating the understanding of the society and more importantly, facilitating understanding why various practices are existent in order to fit best in the society.

Henna tattoos are linked to the curriculum in that they are and form a huge part of artwork an aspect that makes them significant to explore and to understand.

Resources:

Preparation (that teacher needs to do before class)

Activities: during the lesson