Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 6 Visual Arts Unit – Under the Sea

Description

You and your students will love using clay to create sculptures of the sea with this completely done for you unit plan and activity bundle. Bring visual arts to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover all elements of the Australian Year 6 Visual Arts curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way for students to learn and apply visual arts skills.

Bring the fun back into Visual Arts as you guide your students through the following Australian Curriculum Year 6 Visual Arts content descriptors:
– Explore ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are combined to communicate ideas, perspective and/or meaning in visual arts across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts (AC9AVA6E01).
– Explore ways that First Nation Australians use visual arts to continue and revitalise cultures (AC9AVA6E02).
– Experiment with, document and reflect on ways to use a range of visual conventions, visual arts processes, and materials (AC9AVA6D01).
– Use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to plan and create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AVA6C01).
– Select and present documentation of visual arts practice, and display artworks in informal and/or formal settings (AC9AVA6O01).

The content and activities covered in this unit includes:
– Air Dry Clay: textures, rolling, pinching, joining, flattening, shaping
– Polymer Clay: combining colours
– First Nations Artist Anthony J. Walker
– Painting Clay Creations
– Assessment – students will demonstrate their understanding of the techniques learnt in the unit to create a sculpture inspired by Under the Sea

Your purchase includes:
✔ Unit plans
✔ Teacher Notes – to help you direct students in completing their artworks
✔ Artwork Timelapses – these videos will save you creating demo pieces. Use the videos to demonstrate to your students how each artwork is to be completed
✔ Activity Sheets – required for some of the art pieces and activities in the unit
✔ Assessment Rubric
✔ Elements of Art Classroom Posters
✔ Student reflection and peer reflection sheets

FAQ
Is there a rubric included in this resource?
Yes.
How long should it take to complete this unit?
This Unit is designed to be implemented over 10 weeks (a typical Australian school term). Time has been allowed for an hour lesson each week.

If are looking for more ways to overcome the Australian Curriculum overwhelm, check out these resources:
–Complete Australian Curriculum Year 5/6 Health Unit Bundle
– Complete Australian Curriculum Year 6 HASS Unit Bundle
– Complete Australian Curriculum Year 6 Science Unit Bundle

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Disclaimer:
While careful consideration has been made in the design of this Unit Plan it is a guide only. Teachers should use their own discretion when implementing. Some questions have been given to help guide student thinking but more specific questions should be added to develop conversation and deeper learning. Students should be encouraged to ask questions themselves as well.