The Final Quarter - The Impact Of White Privilege

The Final Quarter - The Impact Of White Privilege

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  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • English
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Education
  • Social Action
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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.

In this lesson, students use Peggy McIntosh’s ‘Invisible Knapsack’ to identify the impacts of white privilege. They work collaboratively to analyse how these impacts are explored in a range of clips from the documentary The Final Quarter considering the stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and others. Students begin to transfer their skills by independently reading and analysing a written text. They then work collaboratively to consider the context and ideas within the texts they have explored. The final reflection is generative, allowing students to synthesise their existing knowledge and consider further areas for research or exploration.

Learning intentions:

Students understand...

  • the hidden mechanisms of white privilege
  • the experiences of those who do not experience white privilege
  • that texts present both the spoken and unspoken values of authors.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • make connections between differing impacts of white privilege
  • identify the implicit values within a text
  • evaluate the positions held by a text.

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Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 10 English:

  • Evaluate the social, moral and ethical positions represented in texts (ACELT1812)
  • Identify and analyse implicit or explicit values, beliefs and assumptions in texts and how these are influenced by purposes and likely audiences (ACELY1752)
  • Analyse and evaluate how people, cultures, places, events, objects and concepts are represented in texts, including media texts, through language, structural and/or visual choices (ACELY1749)

Syllabus outcomes: EN5-7D, EN5-8D

General capabilities: Literacy, Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding

Cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures (OI.5, OI.6)

Relevant parts of Year 10 achievement standards: Students develop and justify their own interpretations of texts. They evaluate other interpretations, analysing the evidence used to support them. They listen for ways features within texts can be manipulated to achieve particular effects.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work: The Final Quarter – White Privilege – English – Year 10

Time required: 75 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: High – scaffold discussion around a contentious topic.

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Skills

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

  • Collaboration
  • Critical thinking
  • Digital literacy
  • Global citizenship
  • 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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