Music / Year 7 and 8

Curriculum content descriptions

Identify and connect specific features and purposes of music from different eras to explore viewpoints and enrich their music making, starting with Australian music including music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACAMUR098)

Elaborations
  • identifying roles and responsibilities in music-making activities and contexts as both performer and audience member
  • identifying personal preferences in the music they listen to and the reasons for them
  • making judgments about music as audience members and articulating the reasons for them
  • discussing different opinions and perspectives about music and strategies to improve and inform music making
  • Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How effectively did the musicians use expressive techniques in their performance? What are the strengths of this performance or composition?
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Artistic purpose,  Aboriginal art,  Australian art,  Torres Strait Islander art,  Music

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