The Art of Protest - featuring the painting of Blak Douglas
Years 9-10
Three Week Program
In this workshop series students are introduced to the ideas of protest of art, with specific reference to work of Blak Douglas. Students will complete writing in various text types, responding to elements in the work of Blak Douglas and considering protest in their own writing. Sample Outcomes - Australian Curriculum Create literary texts that reflect an emerging sense of personal style and evaluate the effectiveness of these texts (ACELT1814) Create literary texts with a sustained ‘voice’, selecting and adapting appropriate text structures, literary devices, language, auditory and visual structures and features for a specific purpose and intended audience (ACELT1815) Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues (ACELY1756) Recognise and explain differing viewpoints about the world, cultures, individual people and concerns represented in texts (ACELT1807)