Curriculum for the elective subject of living cultural heritage (LKA1-01)

The elective subjects shall contribute to help pupils, individually or as a group, strengthen the desire to learn and experience a sense of mastery through practical and varied work. Elective subjects are interdisciplinary subjects that contribute to comprehensive and contextual learning.

Art, culture and traditions provide us with knowledge of earlier times. Knowledge of and practical skills in traditions can help cultural heritage survive in the future for the enjoyment of future generations. Work in different kinds of cultural expression can increase curiosity and promote understanding and tolerance for one’s own and the cultures of others, which contribute to keeping cultural heritage alive. Society therefore needs creative people who are conscious of society’s needs who will do their best to create meaningful activities related to art, culture and traditions and promote value creation in their local community.

Pupils shall learn to communicate about the different traditions that they explore in the subject to increase their knowledge about their own cultural heritage and the cultural heritage of others. This can motivate pupils to learn, create a sense of belonging and lead to creativity, personal development and the joy of creation.

The elective subject covers cultural heritage work from a selection of arts, crafts, foods, architecture, cultural monuments, storytelling, music or local history. The subject activities shall therefore be varied and form the basis for pupil investigations, practical experimentation and presentation of the different expressions and products they explore and create. Work in the subject will promote cooperation with the local community, regional operators and cultural institutions.

The elective subject gathers its main elements from the school subject areas of Food & Health, Fine Art, Arts & Crafts/Duodji (traditional Sami handicrafts) and Music, but it can also involve learning elements from the subjects Norwegian/Sami, Social Science and Religion, Lifestyles and Ethics.