The Final Quarter - Racism And School Responsibility

The Final Quarter - Racism And School Responsibility

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  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
  • Health and Physical Education
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Lesson summary

Retired AFL star Adam Goodes is known to many for his resilient journey in the face of detrimental treatment by AFL spectators and the media beginning in 2013.

This lesson provides the opportunity for students to examine how their school combats racism and bullying and make suggestions for positive change. Students will conduct a class-based audit to assess how well their school is combating racism, bullying, discrimination and harassment. After envisioning a world free from racism, bullying, discrimination and harassment, students consider possible improvements to the school’s policies and craft a letter to the school principal, outlining their proposal.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • understand the importance of having health and wellbeing policies in organisations
  • understand that the function of health and wellbeing policies is to support people to feel safe and be free from harassment and discrimination
  • understand where to find policies and how to evaluate their success
  • understand how policies can be turned into positive action.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • evaluate the success of their school’s policies using a variety of auditing tools
  • identify positive strategies for creating safety and well-being and apply these to their school environment
  • develop proposals to improve their school's policies.

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Curriculum mapping

Australaina cirriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 & 8 Health and Physical Education:

  • Practise and apply strategies to seek help for themselves or others (ACPPS072)
  • Investigate and select strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS073)
  • Evaluate health information and communicate their own and others’ health concerns (ACPPS076)
  • Plan and use health practices, behaviours, and resources to enhance health, safety and wellbeing of their communities (ACPPS079)

Syllabus outcomes: PDHPE4.2, PDHPE4.3, PDHPE4.8, PDHPE4.9, PDHPE4.10, PDHPE4.12, PDHPE4.13, PDHPE4.16

General capabilities:  Literacy, Critical and Creative ThinkingPersonal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding

Cross-curriculum priorityAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History and Cultures (OI.6, OI.7, OI.9)

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 achievement standards:
Students evaluate the impact on wellbeing of relationships and valuing diversity. They analyse factors that influence emotional responses. They investigate strategies and practices that enhance their own, others’ and community health, safety and wellbeing.

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.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work The Final Quarter – Racism and Responsibility – Years 7 & 8.

Time required: 90 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: High – facilitate class discussion with sensitivity to students’ feelings and experience (in relation to racial discrimination)

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Skills

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

  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Community engagement
  • Critical thinking
  • Cultural understanding
  • Problem solving

Additional info

Using only archival footage aired at the time, The Final Quarter holds a mirror to Australia and is an opportunity to reconsider what happened on and off the football field. Learn more about the film here.
We highly recommend that students view the film in its entirety before participating in subsequent lessons.

Our Watching the Film lessons are designed to support you in facilitating this process. Given the content, it is also important for teachers to communicate with parents and guardians of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students before playing the film and/or engaging with the teaching and learning resources. 

Note: This film may not be suitable for viewing by all young people. Teachers are advised to use their discretion when deciding whether to show this film. If teaching in a context with a high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, it is imperative that guidance is sought from the Principal and Aboriginal Education Officer (or equivalent) prior to screening the film.

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