Musical Stories : An Australian Music Resource for the Primary Classroom

This resource is to assist educators in accessing, understanding and teaching Australian music to students in the classroom environment. The resource is aimed for primary school students and can be incorporated in classroom programs from Years K-6. The content of this resource includes an introduction to the concept of musical stories, information and background to the focus works by Katy Abbott and Bryony Marks, lesson maps, worksheets and powerpoint slides.

Each lesson map is focused on key themes from the works and provides prompts to teach listening, performing and composition skills. It is intended for the material in this educational resource to align with topics and courses associated with the Australian National Curriculum, The Arts-Music F-10 (Version 8.4).​