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Lesson Title: Naidoc week Date:25/6/18

Syllabus Outcomes:

EN4-5C – Students think imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information, ideas and
arguments to respond to and compose texts

EN4-8D- Students identify, consider and appreciate cultural expression in texts.

Intentions for the lesson:

Introduce NAIDOC week to students and explain that over next 5 lesson we will be focusing on the topic “Because
of her, we can”. That we will be looking at influential Australian women, particularly Aboriginal women.

Introduction: 5-8 minutes

Present students with the understanding of Naidoc Week and what it consist of. That in the lessons leading over the
next week they are to create an informative page about an Australian or Aboriginal woman that they have chosen to
investigate. Reminder if any student would like to submit their poem to the Dorothea Mackellar competition come
up to the teacher at the end of the lesson. Lastly give a warning to students if they are seen on their phones they will
have the electronics taken off them.

Teaching activities:

Teacher activities: Student activities:

15 minutes: 15 minutes:
 Present students with “Because of her, we  Students read PowerPoint and write down what is
can” PowerPoint and give them an overview underlined.
on what is expected over the next 5 lessons.
 Students join in class discussion.
 Teachers explains that they will be working in
pairs to research their influential woman but
then working by themselves to create their
OWN informative page.

 Ask students to raise their hand and say an

influential Australian/ Aboriginal woman they  Students are to read slides on the two influential
may have heard of or know about. Australian Aboriginal women.

 Present students with slides on Truganini and

Carol Martin.

30 minutes:
30 minutes:
 Teacher gives a worksheet consisting of a list
of the women they can choose from to do  Students work in pairs and pick an influential
their informative page on and ask students to woman. Each person from their pair grabs a laptop
grab a laptop and work in pairs to research an and students are to research their chosen influential
Australian Aboriginal female and answer the woman and answer the questions on the given
questions on the worksheet. worksheet.

Closure: Last 10 minutes of the lesson students are to email their research to their partner and save their work to
their drive and explain to students next lesson they will be using the website “Canva” to create their informative
page.

Assessment: Students are to identify, consider and appreciate cultural expression through researching and
influential Australian female and creating an informative cultural page on them.

Reflection: Students worked well in understanding and respecting the concept of Naidoc week and were able to
complete their research in pair on their chosen Aboriginal woman. Consequences were made when students were
off task and 2 students had to move due to being disruptive. Overall students were able to write down what was on
the board, join in class discussion and complete the worksheet provided whilst researching their influential woman.