Year 10 The Arts — AC v9
All 35 content descriptions for Year 10 The Arts in the Australian Curriculum Version 9, grouped by strand — each one links to its own page, and TeachKoala can turn any of them into a complete lesson (your first is free).
Achievement standard (what coverage means)
- •They present their work to an audience.
- •They demonstrate appropriate vocal and/or instrumental techniques and performance skills when performing music for audiences.
- •They evaluate how music and/or performances in a range of styles and/or from across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
- •They use knowledge of visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks that represent and/or communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
- •They notate, document and/or record their music.
- •They evaluate how visual arts are used to celebrate and challenge perspectives of Australian identity.
- •They use responsible media practice and production processes to create media arts works in a range of genres/styles and/or forms, for specific audiences.
- •They evaluate how and why artists from across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials in their visual arts practice and/or artworks to represent and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
- •They evaluate how dance is used to celebrate and challenge perspectives of Australian identity.
- •They employ technical and expressive skills and genre- or style-specific techniques to enhance communication of ideas, perspectives and/or meaning when performing dance for audiences.
- •They use performance skills relevant to style and/or form to sustain belief, roles and characters in performances of improvised, devised and/or scripted drama for audiences.
- •They evaluate how media arts are used to celebrate and challenge perspectives of Australian identity.
- •Students work individually and/or collaboratively to shape and manipulate use of the elements of drama, conventions and/or dramatic structures to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
- •Students draw on inspiration from multiple sources to generate and develop ideas for artworks.
- •They curate and present exhibitions of their own and or/others’ artworks and visual arts practice to engage audiences.
- •They demonstrate safe dance practice when choreographing and performing dance.
- •By the end of Year 10, students analyse how and why visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are manipulated in artworks they create and/or experience.
- •Students manipulate elements of music and use compositional devices to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meanings in compositions in selected style/s, form/s and/or using selected instrumentation.
- •Students demonstrate listening and aural skills relevant to the styles and/or contexts in which they are working.
- •By the end of Year 10, students analyse ways composers and/or performers use the elements of music and compositional devices to engage audiences.
- •They evaluate how and why media artists across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts use media arts concepts to represent and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
- •They apply knowledge of styles and/or forms when performing their own and/or others’ music.
- •By the end of Year 10, students analyse how and why the elements of drama, performance skills and/or conventions are manipulated in drama they create, perform and/or experience.
- •They document and reflect on their own visual arts practice.
- •They evaluate how drama in a range of styles and/or from a range of contexts communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
- •Students select and manipulate the elements of dance, choreographic devices and/or structure to choreograph dances.
- •They evaluate how dance works and/or performances in a range of styles and/or from across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
- •They evaluate how music is used to celebrate and challenge perspectives of Australian identity.
- •They plan where and how they could distribute their work and the relationships they could develop with their audiences, using responsible media practice.
- •By the end of Year 10, students analyse how and/or why the elements of dance, choreographic devices, genre- or style-specific techniques, production elements, and/or technical and expressive skills are manipulated in dance they create and/or experience.
- •They evaluate how drama is used to celebrate and challenge perspectives of Australian identity.
- •Students use media arts concepts to construct representations and communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
- •By the end of Year 10, students analyse how and why media arts concepts are manipulated to construct representations in media arts works they produce and/or experience.
- AC9ADA10C01choreograph dance that communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning by selecting and manipulating elements of dance, choreographic devices and/or structure
- AC9ADA10C02apply technical and expressive skills and genre- or style-specific techniques to enhance communication of ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
- AC9ADA10D01develop and refine safe dance practice, expressive and technical skills and genre- or style-specific techniques
- AC9ADA10D02reflect on own and others’ use of the elements of dance, choreographic devices, structure, genre- or style-specific techniques and/or technical and expressive skills to inform their choreographic or performance choices
- AC9ADA10E01investigate performers’ and/or choreographers’ use of elements of dance, choreographic devices, genre- or style-specific techniques, conventions and/or production elements to communicate and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in dance across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
- AC9ADA10E02investigate the ways First Nations Australian choreographers and/or performers celebrate and challenge multiple perspectives of Australian identity through dance
- AC9ADR10C01improvise and devise drama, and interpret scripted drama, using elements of drama and conventions to shape and manipulate dramatic action and convey intended ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
- AC9ADR10C02rehearse and refine drama making deliberate aesthetic choices to unify dramatic meaning
- AC9ADR10D01develop performance skills and/or techniques to manipulate elements of drama and/or use conventions to communicate the physical and psychological aspects of roles and characters consistent with intentions
- AC9ADR10D02reflect on their own and others’ drama or practices to refine and inform their use of elements of drama, conventions and/or approaches to shape and sustain dramatic action
- AC9ADR10E01investigate use of elements of drama, performance skills and/or conventions to communicate and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in drama across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
- AC9ADR10E02investigate the ways that drama created and/or performed by First Nations Australians celebrates and challenges multiple perspectives of Australian identity
- AC9AMA10C01design and structure media arts works that examine and communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
- AC9AMA10C02apply production processes and use media arts concepts to construct representations and produce media arts works that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning, and confirm or challenge the expectations of specific audiences
- AC9AMA10D01experiment with ways to construct representations that reflect ideas, perspectives and/or meaning, and/or use of media conventions, media languages and media technologies
- AC9AMA10D02reflect on their own or others’ media arts works and/or practices to refine and inform choices they make during stages of the production process
- AC9AMA10E01investigate the ways that media artists use media arts concepts to construct representations in media arts works and practices across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
- AC9AMA10E02investigate the ways First Nations Australian media artists and/or producers celebrate and challenge multiple perspectives of Australian identity through media arts
- AC9AMU10C01interpret music in a variety of forms and styles, manipulating the elements of music and/or compositional devices, and using style-specific vocal/instrumental techniques to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
- AC9AMU10C02compose music, manipulating and combining elements of music and compositional devices relevant to chosen styles and/or forms to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning and notate, document and/or record the music
- AC9AMU10D01develop, practise and refine the use of listening/aural skills and style-specific vocal instrumental skills/techniques to interpret music and communicate expressive effects
- AC9AMU10D02reflect on their own and others’ music to inform choices they make as composers and performers about how they will interpret and/or manipulate elements of music and/or compositional devices
- AC9AMU10E01investigate composers’ and/or performers’ use of elements of music, compositional devices and/or vocal/instrumental techniques in music from a range of cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
- AC9AMU10E02investigate the ways that First Nations Australian performers and/or composers celebrate and challenge multiple perspectives of Australian identity through music
- AC9AVA10C01evaluate critical feedback when planning, developing and refining their visual arts practice
- AC9AVA10C02select and manipulate visual conventions, visual arts processes and/or materials to create artworks that reflect personal expression, and represent and/or challenge, ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
- AC9AVA10E01investigate the ways that artists across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts develop personal expression in their visual arts practice to represent, communicate and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
- AC9AVA10E02investigate the ways that First Nations Australian artists celebrate and challenge multiple perspectives of Australian identity through their artworks and visual arts practice
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