Celebrate NAIDOC: For Our Elders

SBS For Our Elders artwork by Jeremy Worrall
NAIDOC Artwork 'For Our Elders' by Jeremy Worrall. Source: NITV
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Year Level

Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Relevent Subjects

Humanities & Social Sciences, English, Science, The Arts, Health & Physical Education

Contributors

By Shelley Ware

23/06/2023 - UPDATED 04/09/2024

This NAIDOC Week 2023 teacher resource explores this year’s NAIDOC Week theme For Our Elders. Celebrate key Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, perspectives, histories and stories in this in-depth guide.

Download resource as a beautiful PDF booklet:
SBS Learn NAIDOC Week Teacher Resource (PDF)

In this resource you will find:

  • Key questions to prompt meaningful discussions;
  • Targeted reading lists appropriate to year level with suggested activities;
  • Selected videos accompanied by activities;
  • Individual, pair and collaborative activities for the classroom;
  • Further resources and suggested links; and
  • Extension activities.

SBS acknowledges and thanks educator Shelley Ware for her ongoing contributions to this project. This is the fifth National NAIDOC Week education resource Shelley has authored for SBS.

To view our NAIDOC resource collection over the years, click here.

Join SBS and NITV in celebrating 2023 National NAIDOC Week and  this year’s theme ‘For our Elders’. Stream the full collection of NAIDOC Week programming, available now on SBS On Demand.

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Australian Curriculum

Cross Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Sustainability

General Capabilities
Literacy
Numeracy
Information and Communication Technology Capability
Critical and Creative Thinking
Personal and Social Capability
Ethical Understanding and Intercultural Understanding

Foundation
English: AC9EFLE01, AC9EFLE02, AC9EFLA03, AC9EFLE04, AC9EFLY05
HASS: AC9HSFK01, AC9HSFK04, AC9HSFK03, AC9HSFK04, AC9HSFS02
HPE: AC9HPFP01
The Arts: (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVAFC01, AC9AVAFP01, (MEDIA ARTS) AC9AMAFE01, AC9AMAFC01, AC9AMAFP01

Year 1
English: AC9E1LE01, AC9E1LE05, AC9E1LY02, AC9E1LY06, AC9E1LY07
HASS: AC9HS1K01, AC9HS1K02, AC9HS1K03, AC9HS1K04, AC9HS1S03, AC9HS1S06
HPE: AC9HP2P01, AC9HP2P02, AC9HP2M03
The Arts: (MUSIC) AC9AMU2P01, (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA2C01, (MEDIA ARTS) AC9AMA2E02, AC9AMA2D01

Year 2
English: AC9E2LA01, AC9E2LA02, AC9E2LE01, AC9E2LE03, AC9E2LY06, AC9E2LY07
HASS: AC9HS2K04, AC9HS2S01, AC9HS2S04
HPE: AC9HP2P01, AC9HP2P02, AC9HP2M03
The Arts: (MUSIC) AC9AMU2P01, (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA2C01, (MEDIA ARTS) AC9AMA2E02, AC9AMA2D01

Year 3
English: AC9E3LA01, AC9E3LE01, AC9E3LE02, AC9E3LY02, AC9E3LY06, AC9E3LY07
HASS: AC9HS3K02, AC9HS3K04, AC9HS3K07
HPE: AC9HP4P01, AC9HP4P05, AC9HP4M05
Science: AC9S3I06
The Arts: (MUSIC) AC9AMU4E01, AC9AMU4E02 (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA4E02, AC9AVA4C01, AC9AVA4P01 (MEDIA ARTS) AC9AMA4D01, AC9AMA4C01, AC9AMA4P01

Year 4
English: AC9E4LA01, AC9E4LA11, AC9E4LE01, AC9E4LY02, AC9E4LY06, AC9E4LY07
HASS: AC9HS4K01, AC9HS4K06, AC9HS4K07, AC9HS4K09
HPE: AC9HP4P01, AC9HP4P05, AC9HP4M05
The Arts: (MUSIC) AC9AMU4E01, AC9AMU4E02 (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA4E02, AC9AVA4C01, AC9AVA4P01 (MEDIA ARTS) AC9AMA4D01, AC9AMA4C01, AC9AMA4P01

Year 5
English: AC9E5LE01, AC9E5LY02, AC9E5LY06, AC9E5LY07
HASS: AC9HS5K03, AC9HS5K04, AC9HS5K05, AC9HS5K06, AC9HS5K07, AC9HS5S02
HPE: AC9HP6P01, AC9HP6P05, AC9HP6M05, AC9HP6M09
The Arts: (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA6E01, AC9AVA6E02, AC9AVA6C01, AC9AVA6P01

Year 6
English: AC9E6LA07, AC9E6LA08, AC9E6LE01, AC9E6LE03. AC9E6LE04, AC9E6LY01, AC9E6LY02, AC9E6LY09
HASS: AC9HS6K02, AC9HS6S01, AC9HS6S02, AC9HS6S03, AC9HS6S06
HPE: AC9HP6P01, AC9HP6P05, AC9HP6M05, AC9HP6M09
The Arts: (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA6E01, AC9AVA6E02, AC9AVA6C01, AC9AVA6P01 

Year 7
English: AC9E7LY02, AC9E7LY03, AC9E7LE07, AC9E7LY06
HASS:
Civics and Citizenship – AC9HC7K02, AC9HC7K04, AC9HC7S04
Geography – AC9HG7K07
History – AC9HH7K02, AC9HH7K03, AC9HH7K05, AC9HH7K06, AC9HH7K07
HPE: AC9HP8P01, AC9HP8P02, AC9HP8P05, AC9HP8P10, AC9HP8M05
Science: AC9S7U03, AC9S7H01, AC9S7H02
The Arts: (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA8E01, AC9AVA8E02

Year 8
English: AC9E8LA01, AC9E8LA02, AC9E8LE01, AC9E8LE02, AC9E8LE06, AC9E8LY06
HASS:
Civics and Citizenship – AC9HC8K04, AC9HC8K06 
Geography – AC9HG8K03
HPE: AC9HP8P01, AC9HP8P02, AC9HP8P05, AC9HP8P10, AC9HP8M05
Science: AC9S8H02
The Arts: (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA8E01, AC9AVA8E02

Year 9
English: AC9E9LA01, AC9E9LE01, AC9E9LY02, AC9E9LY06, AC9E9LY07
HASS:
History – AC9HH9K03, AC9HH9K06, AC9HH9S08
Civics and Citizenship – AC9HC9S03
HPE: AC9HP10P01, AC9HP10P02, AC9HP10P10, AC9HP10M05
The Arts: (MUSIC) AC9AMU10E01, AC9AMU10E02, (VISUAL ARTS) AC9AVA8E01, (MEDIA ARTS) AC9AMA10D01

Year 10
English: AC9E10LE06, AC9E10LY02, AC9E10LY06, AC9E10LY07
HASS:
History – AC9HH10K09, AC9HH10K10, AC9HH10K11, AC9HH10K13, AC9HH10K20, AC9HH10S08
Geography – AC9HG10K03, AC9HG10K07, AC9HG10S05
Civics and Citizenship – AC9HC10K04, AC9HC10K05
HPE: AC9HP10P01, AC9HP10P02, AC9HP10P10, AC9HP10M05
The Arts: (MUSIC) AC9AMU10E01, AC9AMU10E02 (VISUAL ARTS), AC9AVA8E01 (MEDIA ARTS), AC9AMA10D01