Year 7 Visual Arts – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Responding to Artists, Movements and Artworks

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Year 7 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Responding to Artists, Movements and Artworks”.

Students develop critical thinking skills by analyzing and responding to artworks through brainstorming, annotation, discussion and evaluation of artists, movements and cultural contexts.

Lesson sequence (10 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Brainstorming Visual Elements in Famous Artworks
2. Mind Mapping Art Movements Through History
3. Annotating and Sketching Responses to Renaissance Art
4. Exploring Media and Techniques in Aboriginal Art
5. Analyzing Contemporary Australian Artists and Their Context
6. Discussing and Debriefing Pop Art Movement Responses
7. Comparing Impressionist Artists Across Time and Place
8. Evaluating Street Art as a Cultural Movement
9. Critical Response to Photography as Fine Art
10. Reflecting on Personal Artistic Preferences and Influences

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 3

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 3 runs from Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September — 10 weeks for WA public schools. With 10 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.