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This website provides information about the theme of pollution in art for educators and learners alike. Aimed at the upper primary level, information and activities are provided to support learning about how the human impact on the planet is portrayed in contemporary artworks.
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Rationale
The art of pollution website was produced as an educational tool for connecting teachers and students to a package of information linking arts learning to the contemporary issue of pollution. Educators will find links to curriculum, arts-based workshop ideas and information to support learning for students undertaking Years 6 and 7. Aligning with the Queensland curriculum documents Year 7 Essential Learnings, Australian Curriculum draft paper for The Arts, ACARA general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities, this education package provides material which supports learners in creating, presenting, responding to and reflecting on their own and others art works.
Creating: Students are guided through the creation of artworks via the comprehensive workshops found in the Educational Activities section. The activities and informative links are designed to assist learners in; developing concepts; taking creative risks; considering their environment; and, the use of arts principles and elements.
Presenting: Links and activities focussed on presentation will encourage learners to consider the purpose of their artworks and demonstrate how to creatively present their work to an intended audience.
Responding/Reflecting: Learners are directed to respond to and appraise artworks in the exhibition by analysing and evaluating in social, cultural and spiritual contexts using arts language. Through the development of artist statements and presentations, and with the provision of guided questions, learners are encouraged to reflect on their own artworks and consider what other's works mean to them.
Creating: Students are guided through the creation of artworks via the comprehensive workshops found in the Educational Activities section. The activities and informative links are designed to assist learners in; developing concepts; taking creative risks; considering their environment; and, the use of arts principles and elements.
Presenting: Links and activities focussed on presentation will encourage learners to consider the purpose of their artworks and demonstrate how to creatively present their work to an intended audience.
Responding/Reflecting: Learners are directed to respond to and appraise artworks in the exhibition by analysing and evaluating in social, cultural and spiritual contexts using arts language. Through the development of artist statements and presentations, and with the provision of guided questions, learners are encouraged to reflect on their own artworks and consider what other's works mean to them.