Year 1 - Art and design
Paint a walking line
My world: art and nature
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Unit Summary
Designed in collaboration with October Gallery, this unit reflects how art operates in the world, as expression, storytelling, identity and connection. While remaining accessible for all classrooms pupils explore mark-making, movement, clay, print, and dye to build fine and gross motor skills.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to trace walking lines to show land paths in paint.
Key Notes
- First Nations artists draw paths from stories, dreams, and memory - not just maps.
- A walking path is a special track that Aboriginal people used to walk across the land.
- A walking line can help an artist to share what they remember, not just what they see.
Vocabulary To Learn
- walking path: a special track that Aboriginal people follow, which shows the journeys of their ancestors
- walking line: shows the journey of Ancestral Beings during the Dreaming
- memory: the way we remember people, places and things from the past
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All maps have to look like the ones on phones or paper.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
First Nations artists draw paths from stories, dreams, and memory - not just maps. A walking path is a special track that Aboriginal people used to walk across the land.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'walking path'
a special track that Aboriginal people follow, which shows the journeys of their ancestors.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All maps have to look like the ones on phones or paper. Correction: Remind pupils that some artists make maps with patterns, colours and memories.
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