Defining Success Through Like My Brother
Lesson Summary
Students will explore how Like My Brother represents and challenges different ideas about success. They will analyse how cinematic techniques and elements communicate perspectives and values about what success means, using the CAMELS framework to support their interpretations. Students will then reflect on how success can be defined in different ways and create a response that connects the film’s messages about success to their own lives.
Learning intentions
Students will:
explore how Like My Brother represents and challenges different definitions of success through themes, characters and cinematic techniques
analyse how filmmakers use CAMELS elements to communicate ideas, perspectives and values about success.
Success criteria
Students can:
identify and explain how at least two CAMELS elements are used in a scene to represent ideas about success
create a personal or creative response that uses evidence from Like My Brother to reflect on how success can be defined in different ways.