Year 7 Visual Arts – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Responding to Artists and Art Movements

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 7 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Responding to Artists and Art Movements”.

Students develop critical thinking skills by analyzing, discussing and responding to artworks from different artists, movements, times and places through brainstorming, annotation and structured discussions.

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. Introduction to Art Analysis: Mind Mapping Visual Elements
2. Sketching and Annotating Famous Artworks
3. Brainstorming Responses to Indigenous Australian Art
4. Media Techniques Investigation: How Artists Create Meaning
5. Group Discussion: Comparing Renaissance and Modern Art
6. Analyzing Art Movements Through Visual Note-Taking
7. Debriefing Our Responses to Contemporary Street Art
8. Exploring Cultural Context in Asian Art Traditions
9. Critical Discussion: How Time and Place Influence Art
10. Reflecting on Our Learning Journey Through Art Criticism

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 4

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 4 runs from Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December — 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.