Speaking Up (Survey Activity)

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• critical thinking
• leadership
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Civics and Citizenship

• Year 7: how values based on freedom, respect, fairness and equality of opportunity can support social cohesion and democracy within Australian society (AC9HC7K05)
• Year 8: how culture and religion may influence individuals' and groups' perceptions and expressions of citizenship and their actions as citizens (AC9HC8K05)
• Year 9: how and why individuals and groups, including community, religious and cultural groups, participate in and contribute to civic life in Australia and to global citizenship (AC9HC9K05)
• Year 10: the challenges to and ways of sustaining a resilient democracy and a cohesive society in Australia and/or in our region or globally (AC9HC10K05)

General capabilities: Personal and Social Capability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - facilitate student thinking and participation in the ‘Trailblazers’  student survey

UN SDG 16- Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

• Target 16.7: Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.

• Devices to access student survey
• Whiteboard to record student answers

Trailblazers is a Savage Films, Milestone Films, and LM Films production by Director/Producers Maggie Miles and Maggie Eudes and Producer Lucy Maclaren.

Trailblazers tells the story of the fight for equality by Australia’s female footballers. It celebrates the rise of Australian women’s football from the early days of paying-to-play in front of small crowds to appearing in sold-out stadiums, watched by over 11 million people at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. 

The Cool.org resources and impact campaign are supported by major partner MECCA M-POWER and driven by Documentary Australia. The Trailblazers campaign aims to build momentum for further progress in gender equality and leadership and to increase investment and opportunities for women and girls to participate in sports.

If Trailblazers has inspired your students to take action, they can #Blaze a Trail for gender equality by take part in campaigns and sharing their commitment with the world. 

Visit www.trailblazersfilm.com.au 

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Using the Cool.org Act Framework in the Classroom - Primary

Quick summary: Taking action on issues that are important to young people is an important way to give students a sense of hope for their futures. However, Cool.org recognises that supporting students to take meaningful action can be daunting, which is why we've created the Cool.org Act Framework.

The Cool.org Act Framework provides strategies and tactics for enabling action at a range of levels and configurations. This Course explains how to use our Framework with your students and provides examples of action-based resources from Cool.org and others that you can use to bring action into your classroom.