Empowering women and girls

In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between empowering women and girls and addressing climate change.

1hr 25mins

Australia , New Zealand

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Overview

In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between empowering women and girls and addressing climate change. First, students will view a video on the topic to build understanding and generate areas for further investigation. Then students will participate in a scaffolded role-play, acting as community members to generate targeted solutions to gender inequality. Students will use real-world analytical tools to evaluate their ideas.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • understand the relationship between empowering girls and women and climate change
  • understand the role different community groups can play in creating solutions

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • explore multiple aspects of the relationship between empowering women and girls and addressing climate change
  • synthesise sources to present their own viewpoint on the topic
  • work effectively individually, and in teams, to solve a problem

Credits and acknowledgements:

Curriculum material and mapping has been developed and written by Cool.org.

Cool.org, GoodThing Productions and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Good Pitch Australia, Shark Island Institute, Documentary Australia Foundation, The Caledonia Foundation, and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.

Watching the film

If your school or institution has a ClickView subscription, you can access 2040 on the ClickView platform.

If you do not have access to ClickView, you can purchase an educational licence to screen the film to your class and request a streaming link to share with your students. Please complete the Host a Screening form on our website and our team will be in touch to assist you.

The educational licence is for primary and secondary schools who wish to utilise the film as a learning tool or host on-site screenings for the school community.

Curriculum mapping

To view our Australian Curriculum alignment, click here.

To view our NZ Curriculum alignment, click here.

What you'll need

  • Student Worksheets – one copy per student
  • Device capable of presenting a video to the class
  • Devices for students to complete research

Lesson materials

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Empowering women and girls lesson plan

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Student worksheet - Empowering women and girls

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