Year 8

Year/Stage:8/4

Lesson/Period: 3

Lesson Length: 52mins

Topic/Main Concept/Theme: Aboriginal music

SYLLABUS CONTENT to be covered
This lesson will touch on rhythm/ duration, pitch, tone colour and texture in the context of aboriginal music.
SYLLABUS OUTCOMES to be covered

4.1 performs in a range of musical styles demonstrating an understanding of musical

concepts
4.8 demonstrates an understanding of musical concepts through aural identification and
discussion
of the features of a range of repertoire
Students will learn to:

Students will learn about:

respond to the range of repertoire

used for listening
listen to and analyse a range of
repertoire

recognising the use of musical concepts in

various repertoire characteristic of the
topics studied
aurally exploring music of various styles,
periods and genres

Performing

Composing

Listening

Duration

Pitch

Dynamics and expressive techniques

Tone Colour

Texture

Structure

ICT

Aboriginal and
Indigenous
Environment

Work, Employment
and Enterprise
Gender

Civics and Citizenship

Communicating
ideas and
Information
Solving problems

Planning and
organising activities

Working with others in

teams

Learning Experiences
Musical Concepts

Cross Curriculum
Content
Key Competencies

Difference and
Diversity
Collecting Analysing
and organising
information
Using mathematical
ideas and techniques

Using Technology

Literacy
Reading possible answers in grid boxes.

Prior Knowledge/Experience
Duration
Pitch
rhythm
identifying instruments

STAGE OF

Numeracy

Considerations/Preparation
Resources/Materials/Technology
-iPads
-

TEACHER ACTIONS

STUDENT ACTIONS

Key Vocab
Key Questions

TIME

RESOURCES

LESSON
INTRODUCTION

-Mark the roll

-listening task notification

Sign off on notification

10 mins

-roll
-notification sheet
and sign off sheet

BODY

Explain the characteristics

of aboriginal music
provided in the tick-a-box
listening task.

Listening and
participating in
interactive examples
E.g. clapping a
continuous rhythm.

15 mins

Tick-a-box file

Listen to Tick-a-box
excerpts 3 times each,
drawing answers from the
class after each excerpt.

Complete tick-a-box
listening tasks and
contribute answers.

15 mins

-tick-a-box sheets
-mp3 excerpts

Play Aboriginal dance and

music YouTube clip

Watch Aboriginal dance

and music YouTube clip

10 mins

YouTube clip

CONCLUSION

Conclude lesson.
Which Aboriginal tribe is
our area? Gumbaynggirr

2 mins