The Changing Face of Women’s Football

The Changing Face of Women’s Football

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  • Year 6
  • English
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Lesson summary

Students will compare media articles about women’s football in Australia across time, looking at bias, context, language, etc. They will look at ‘Correct The Internet’ to explore gender bias further. Students will rewrite an article from a different point of view.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • compare media articles about women’s football in Australia across time.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • identify the context of an article
  • explain how the context is reflected in the article
  • compare two articles from different contexts.

Lesson guides and printables

Lesson Plan
Teacher Content Info
Women's Football in the Media Worksheet
Women's Football in the Media Visual Explainer

Outcomes Covered

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Skills

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

  • critical thinking
  • ethical understanding
  • global citizenship
  • problem solving
  • reflection

Curriculum Mapping

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 6 English 

  • Examine texts including media texts that represent ideas and events, and identify how they reflect the context in which they were created. (AC9E6LY01)

Year 6 Media Arts

  • Explore ways that media languages and media technologies are used in media arts works and practices across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts. (AC9AMA6E01)

General capabilities: Personal and Social Capability

NSW Curriculum outcomes: 

EN3-UARL-02 - Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 6 achievement standards:

Year 6 English 

  • They read, view and comprehend different texts created to inform, influence and/or engage audiences.
  • They identify similarities and differences in how ideas are presented and developed including through events, and how texts reflect contexts.

Year 5/6 Media Arts

  • They describe how media arts works created across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate class discussion.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

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.

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Additional Info

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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