QPAC

Year Levels: 7 - 12 (curriculum links focus on Year 9)

The Arts Curriculum V9.0

• AC9AMU8E01: Listen to and evaluate how elements of music are manipulated by composers to draw attention to social issues or values — for example, protest songs, nationalistic music, or songs exploring identity and belonging.
• AC9ADR8E02: Investigate the diversity of drama created and/or performed by First Nations Australians, considering culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) rights.

English V9.0

• AC9E10LE06: Compare the “voice” of protest in a range of poems or songs and evaluate how different voices evoke a response.
• AC9LIT10U03: Examine the language of specific texts (e.g. protest songs, graffiti) to identify how language is used for social commentary.

Senior Syllabuses
The Arts General Subjects

Specific Senior Curriculum Links

• Music: Unit 2 – Identities
• Drama: Unit 1 -Stories and Unit 3 -Challenge

Cross-Curriculum Priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

• English: Students explore Aboriginal cultural knowledge, traditions, and experiences as represented and communicated through traditional, modern, and contemporary texts.
• The Arts: Students learn about the distinctiveness and diversity of First Nations Australians’ cultural practices and artistic expressions, which represent unique ways of being, knowing, thinking, and doing. They examine how First Nations artists use materials, forms, and technologies in innovative ways to celebrate culture, challenge perspectives, and communicate ideas.