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Aboriginal Studies Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024
Accredited in May 2016 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2018.

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Literacy

Literacy

In this subject students extend and apply their literacy capability by, for example:

  • learning from Aboriginal voices in a range of sources including written text, media, film, radio and television programs, cultural organisations, art galleries, museums, and digital sources such as websites and social media
  • exploring Aboriginal language initiatives such as maintenance, reclamation, revitalisation, and renewal
  • communicating informed attitudes and ideas through persuasive written argument, interpretation, discussion, and/or social action
  • understanding narratives as told by Aboriginal peoples in oral, written, and/or audiovisual form
  • analysing sources and identifying concepts such as context, purpose, intent, relevance, inference, bias, and reliability
  • developing and extending respectful ways of communicating 
  • appropriately acknowledging interactions, collaboration, and learning from and with Aboriginal peoples and communities.