Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages / Foundation to Year 2 / Understanding / Systems of language

Curriculum content descriptions

Identify elements of the kinship system and its role in linking story and natural species and phenomena

[Key concepts: kinship, totemic relationships, place, cultural practices; Key processes: identifying, recognising]

 (ACLFWU081)

Elaborations
  • using kinship charts to identify kinship terms for immediate family, comparing with terms used in their own family
  • recognising that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have their own personal relationships with animal species and natural phenomena
  • recognising that people have a personal relationship with place, for example, birth place
  • identifying skin names where appropriate
  • understanding that ceremonial body markings, designs and paintings are determined by family, skin and story
  • identifying which stories belong to which natural features, including animals and natural species, and discussing their significance
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Australian languages

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