Investigating Influences on Identity

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

• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• communication
• digital literacy
• social skills

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 7 & 8, HPE

• Analyse and reflect on the influence of values and beliefs on the development of identities (AC9HP8P01)
• Investigate how media and influential people impact attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours in relation to health, safety, relationships and wellbeing. (AC9HP8P09)

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Digital Literacy, Literacy, Personal and Social Capability 

NSW Curriculum:

• PD4-6 - Recognises how contextual factors influence attitudes and behaviours and propose strategies to enhance health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 achievement standards:

• Students analyse factors that influence identities, emotions and responses to change, and describe strategies to respond to these influences.
• Students analyse how stereotypes, respect, empathy and valuing diversity influence relationships.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - teachers will need to facilitate small group formation, manage classroom movement and facilitate class discussion.

UN SDG 5:Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

• Target 5.1: End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

• 1 set of identity Brain Write posters
• 1 set of Professions cards
• Pens and pencils for student drawings/sketches
• Student devices for research
• Student scale of confidence worksheet (optional)
• Student worksheet or notebooks

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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How to Teach Critical Thinking General Capability - Secondary

Quick summary: This course will help you to view the world with a more critical eye by introspectively exploring your own biases of thinking. You’ll learn how to become a critical thinker, how to separate fact from fiction and how to inspire others to think critically.