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Arts-centred lessons and activities

The Kennedy Centre website features a vast range of free quality arts lesson and unit plans for teachers to use on a wide variety of topics. It is suitable for teacher planning from Reception to Year 10, and covers all the art areas: Dance, Drama, Visual Arts, Media Arts, and Visual Arts.  

 

Structure and features

You will need a Chrome browser to access this website. 

For teachers

  • Use the filters to search by grade, subject, duration and or cross-curriculum to find materials suitable to your student's needs. 
  • Choose a unit of work. 
  • Read the overview and preparation notes (these include learning objectives, background, materials, prior learning and accessibility notes).  
  • Click and follow the instructions: engage, build, apply, reflect, and extend. 

 

Teacher notes

Lesson plans include comprehensive teacher notes and support materials.

Use the 'print note' function to download the lesson plan and unit plan as a Google document with hyperlinks. 

This website is American but aligns to the Australian Curriculum.