Drama / Year 7 and 8 / Exploring and responding

Curriculum content descriptions

investigate the diversity of drama created and/or performed by First Nations Australians, considering culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights (AC9ADR8E02)

Elaborations
  • identifying how diverse examples of drama created and/or performed by First Nations Australians can consider and demonstrate culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights
  • using information from Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property protocols and guidelines to inform decisions about whether or not ideas from an existing source featuring cultural expressions can be used when developing new drama work
  • engaging in activities that enable understanding of how to make ethical choices and empathise with content creators and story owners; for example, asking questions such as, “Whose story is it?”, “Is this my story to share or should I ask permission to tell it?”
  • investigating specific examples of how drama practitioners select and use First Nations Australians’ historical and cultural material to develop and create contemporary First Nations Australian theatre; for example, using historical and cultural materials that accurately communicate First Nations Australian perspectives, such as resilience to the impacts of colonisation
  • identifying and analysing what cultural appropriation is and how to avoid it by considering the original purpose, context and intended audience of cultural expressions; for example, using advice from protocols for protecting Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights
General capabilities
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Narratives,  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,  Artistic purpose,  Japanese peoples,  Cultural authority,  Cultural expressions,  Cultural protocols,  Cultural knowledge,  Cultural awareness,  Aboriginal art,  Australian art,  Torres Strait Islander art,  Culture,  Cultural identity,  Drama (Arts),  Cultural imperialism,  Settings (Narratives)

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Developing script ideas with Hannie Rayson

How do you come up with ideas to write about? Watch this clip to find out how Australian playwright and screenwriter Hannie Rayson begins her writing process. She begins with a "big question" - if you were writing a play, what big question would you ask?

Video

How to be funny

What is the key to being funny? As Tim Ferguson explains, if you can laugh, you can write comedy. Has something funny happened to you lately? Or is there something in particular that you find puzzling or amusing about the world around you? Put your thoughts on paper and experiment with telling your story in different ways. ...

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Hannie Rayson on the Australian voice in theatre

How important do you think it is to hear Australian stories told on stage? Listen as Hannie Rayson explains her early beliefs about where great drama comes from. After watching this clip, try writing a dramatic scene that takes place at a family barbeque.

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Hannie Rayson on writing complex roles for women

Watch as Hannie Rayson describes her early desire to write multidimensional, complex roles for women in her plays. What was this in response to?  Why is it important for audiences to see female characters as well as male characters driving drama in plays? 

Interactive

Beats and rhymes

This class develops your vocal skills for performance. Write a Slam Poem or a Rap and then perform them for an audience.

Interactive

Voice and accents – Part 1

Stars of stage and screen learn about breathing, and where the voice comes from to enhance their performances. You will go through some exercises in preparation for using your voice effectively, as well as experiment with tongue twisters.

Interactive

Make ‘em laugh

See how effective comedy is in communicating ideas and engaging an audience. Good performances will have moments of humour and seriousness in order to provide variety and interest in the stories being told.

Interactive

Voice and accents – part 2

Stars of stage and screen learn about breathing, vocal warms and how to use different accents to enhance their performances. You will go through some exercises in preparation for using your voice effectively and learning to use the Standard American Accent.

Interactive

Drop the mic – hip hop and Shakespeare

A fresh and fun approach to Hip Hop theatre exploring, words, rhythm, movement, voice and creative writing. Drop The Mic Hip Hop Theatre class aims to develop voice, rhythm, physicality and character skills.

Interactive

I like to move it, move it!

Engage the body to tell stories and entertain audiences. Explore the techniques of expressive physical movement to communicate ideas and create dramatic meaning. Students devise a story using mime, movement and gesture.

Interactive

Lip sync challenge

Students will develop expressive movement skills to perform a Lip Sync Challenge. They will explore character, rhythm, movement, sound and tension and reflect on their own performance skills.

Online

Be on the Safe Side Year 7-8 The Arts (Drama)

This is a unit of work that uses the concept of rail safety and the setting of the rail network to explore character, roles and situations; there is a particular focus on bullying and the bystander effect. Learning opportunities for students include scripting, performing and revising their own drama. The resource includes: ...

Online

Koorie Cross-Curricular Protocols for Victorian Government Schools

The Koorie Cross-Curricular Protocols for Victorian Government Schools are applicable to schools intending to develop activities that involve the use of Koorie cultural expressions, including stories, songs, instrumental music, dances, plays, ceremonies, rituals, performances, symbols, drawings, designs, paintings, poetry, ...

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Australian collection

This database features a selection of Australian artworks from QAGOMA. The searchable database provides artwork images, background information about the artist and the artwork, classroom activities, a glossary of key terms and curriculum alignment information for teachers. Search results can be refined by theme, period, ...

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Indigenous Australian collection

This federated search from the QAGOMA database features a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks from the collection. The searchable database provides artwork images, background information about the artist and the artwork, a map of major Indigenous regions in Australia, classroom activities, a glossary ...