Brave New Clan - Culture - Cultural Expression

This lesson is based on the film Who We Are: Brave New Clan – Culture. This lesson focuses on the topic of cultural expression and sharing of knowledge. Through a range of literacy-based activities, students will explore how some of the hosts of the film value knowledge in their own cultures. Students then look at the importance of storytelling for knowledge transfer and maintenance in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Finally students create their own story that can be shared in a yarning circle.

Essential questions:

• How do some of the hosts of the film talk about the importance of sharing knowledge?
• What is a ‘songline’ and how does it relate to the transfer and maintenance of knowledge?
• How has colonisation affected knowledge sharing?