Lesson summary
Students will watch the film ‘Trailblazers’ and explore the history of women’s football in Australia. They will complete a reflection about the key messages in the film.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- watch the film ‘Trailblazers’ and explore how it represents women’s football in Australia.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- summarise the film ‘Trailblazers’
- identify key messages and ideas from the ‘Trailblazers’ film.
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Lesson details
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- curiosity
- critical thinking
- empathy
- ethical understanding
- 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 5/6 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:
English
- They read, view and comprehend different texts created to inform, influence and/or engage audiences.
Media Arts
- Students explain how media languages and media technologies are used in media arts works they construct and/or experience.
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - facilitate class discussion.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
UN SDG Goal 5: Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Target 5.1: End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
Resources Required
- Device to watch film and media
- Student worksheet (1 per student)
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.
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