Who Can Make A Difference?

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

• collaboration
• community engagement
• empathy
• ethical understanding
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 5, Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)

• How citizens (members of communities) with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal. (AC9HS5K07)
• Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems. (AC9HS5S01)
• Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats. (AC9HS5S02)

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Digital Literacy, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Literacy, Personal and Social Capability 

NSW Curriculum:

• HT3-3 - Identifies change and continuity and describes the causes and effects of change on Australian society.
• HT3-4 - Describes and explains the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability.

Relevant parts of Year 5 Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) achievement standards: 

• Students explain how people achieve civic goals.
• Students develop questions and locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources. 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - facilitate class discussion and assist students in finding reliable and relevant sources of information.

UN SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

• Target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.

• Device to show the visual explainer, clip and watch the Trailblazers film if needed 
• ‘Our Local Community Groups’ sheet - one copy for each group and A3 size if possible
• Sticky notes or small pieces of paper 
• Student devices for research 
• Student worksheet (1 per student)

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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Create a Culture for Change

Quick summary: This course will introduce you to tools and methods for increasing people’s willingness to participate in change in your classroom, school or organisation. You will learn the basics of behavioural science, shared by international experts, different techniques that can increase people’s adaptability in times of change and how to create a culture where people are more willing to participate in change.