Lesson

Regenerating Australia - Watching the film (9&10)

Inspire your students to explore ideas, solutions and stories to regenerate Australia.

Subject:

The Arts

Humanities and social sciences

Civics and citizenship

Integrated learning

Levels:

Years 9-10

Film:

Regenerating Australia

Topic:

First Nations’ land management practices

Time required:

1hr 30mins

Country:

Australia

Lesson plans include:

Worksheet , Fact sheet

Overview

In this lesson, students will build an understanding of the concept of ‘regeneration’ and its benefits for our communities and ecosystems. They will complete a 3-2-1- Bridge Visible Thinking Routine and review a set of key terms related to the topic before watching “Regenerating Australia.” Students will be invited to evaluate the content and develop questions about the film’s content. The class with re-watch snippets of the film to extend their understanding, then work collaboratively to dive deeper into the topic of regeneration in a jigsaw-classroom activity.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

understand the concept of ‘regeneration'
understand that regeneration is something that we can do for our communities and ecosystems.

Success criteria:

Students can...

explain what the concept of ‘regeneration’ means in their own words
describe an example of regeneration.

Credits and acknowledgements:

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

Regenerating Australia is a Regen Studios film developed and produced in association with WWF-Australia. Cool.org and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Shark Island Foundation, Documentary Australia Foundation, and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.

Watching the film

Regenerating Australia is available on ClickView making it easy to bring Regeneration into the classroom.

If your school doesn't have a ClickView account, Australian schools can purchase an educational licence for AU $55 which provides unlimited access to the film for educational use and on campus screenings for the wider school community. Schools will receive a digital copy of the film and a downloadable copy of our free School Action Toolkit. Apply now by filling in this Host a Screening form.