Kid Curator and the Memory Cove Plaque

Year 4

Art – explore where, why and how visual arts are created and/or presented across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts (AC9AVA4E01) use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AVA4C01)

HPE – explain how and why emotional responses can vary and practise strategies to manage their emotions (AC9HP4P06)

Year 5

Art – explore ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in visual arts across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts (AC9AVA6E01) use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to plan and create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AVA6C01)

HPE – apply strategies to manage emotions and analyse how emotional responses influence interactions (AC9HP6P06)

Year 6

Art – explore ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in visual arts across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts (AC9AVA6E01) use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to plan and create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AVA6C01)

HPE – apply strategies to manage emotions and analyse how emotional responses influence interactions (AC9HP6P06)

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Kid Curator and the Memorial Plaque – Teaching Resource

Before watching:

• What does the word memorialise mean?
• Have you ever seen a plaque in a public place? What was written on it?
• Do all communities use plaques to remember people?
• What is the importance of a name?

After watching:

• What things do we do to remember people that used to be in our lives?
• Why is it significant that Flinders chose to use copper for the plaque?
• What do you know about how cultures memorialise people differently?

This video is part of a series, created as a collaboration between Michael Mills and the History Trust of South Australia. The Kid Curator series explores local South Australian history through historical objects. The videos provide a curatorial description of the object and period in history blended with narrative-based re-enactments. Each video focuses on an object from the History Trust of South Australia’s State History Collection and provides differing point of view on the history of the object in question. View the video and use the dedicated education resource for a cross curricular exploration of the history of South Australia.

Kid Curator and the Hawker Van

Kid Curator and the Tea Set

Kid Curator and the Pink Shorts

Kid Curator and the Drs Kit

Kid Curator and the First Ute

Kid Curator and the Ballot Box

Kid Curator and the Memorial Plaque

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