AFLW - Overcoming Stereotypes

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 & 8 Health and Physical Education:

• Investigate the impact of transitions and change on identities (ACPPS070)
• Investigate and select strategies to promote health and wellbeing (ACPPS073) 

Syllabus outcomes: PDHPE 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 HPE achievement standards: Students apply personal and social skills to establish and maintain respectful relationships and promote safety, fair play and inclusivity. They demonstrate skills to make informed decisions, and propose and implement actions that promote their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing.

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capacity.

Unit of work: AFLW – HPE.

Time required: 60 min.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate class discussion.

• Student Worksheets – one copy per student
• Butcher’s paper, Blu-Tack, sticky-notes and marker pens
• Device capable of presenting a video to the class

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

• Communication
• Creativity
• Critical thinking
• Empathy

This lesson has been developed in conjunction with the AFLW in celebration of the advancement of women in sport and the promotion of equal opportunity for all people in all facets of life.