COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

School:
Point Cook Senior Secondary College
Topic:
Australian Women at War

Location / Setting
Point Cook Senior Secondary College,
Room 603

Key Vocabulary
Womens Auxiliary Australian Air
Force (WAAAF)
The Australian Womens Army
Service (AWAS)
Womens Royal Australian Naval
Service (WRANS)
Australian Womens Land Army
(AWLA)
Australia Army Nurses Service
(AANS)
Royal Australian Air Force Nursing
Service (RAAFNS)
Royal Australian Navy Nursing
Service (RANNS

Lesson Plan Template

Year Level:
10
Learning intention:
To analyse the role of Australian
women in World War II.
Success Criteria:
I will watch the Pacific and
respond to the questions
I will participate in the APK
I will complete 2.12 questions
15
I will write a reflection and
know the various women
roles and how they assisted in
the war effort
Organisation / Student Groups
Year 10 History

Materials, resources and

equipment
10 History Alive textbook
Markers
Projector
MAC adaptor chord
YouTube access
The Pacific episode 6
Melbourne
Australia Women Salvation
Army WW2 video

What part of e5?

Engage: participate in APK, establishes
learning goals, rating prior knowledge
and sharing common norms
Explore Prompts student inquiry on
what they know about womens roles
during World War 2
Explain Presents new content to
students and getting class response
Elaborate Facilitates applicable
conversation to cultivates higher order
thinking, monitor student participation
and progress
INTRODUCTION

Date
20/08/15
VELS: Strands, Domain, Foci and
Standards
ACDSEH108 The experiences of
Australians during World War II (such as
Prisoners of War (POWs), the Battle of
Britain, Kokoda, the Fall of Singapore)

Classroom management strategy

Schools classroom behaviour and
management strategy
Book/pens/laptop ready
Tables in groups or in a U-shape
Special considerations
High-end: Challenge students in finding
ways to improve on what they have done.
Always have a side task for them in case
they have completed all required tasks.
Middle band: check ins with individuals.
Ask if understand the task. Allow students
to state any point of confusions.
Low students: Modification e.g.
rewording complicated words and
shorting questions. Allow them to take
work home for homework. Written
instructions. Include picture. Dont
worry about the deadline.
EAL student: Use pictures and videos to
enhance learning and understanding, m
sure to use language that isnt too
complex, check in with the student for
updating student understand, questions to
clarify and making sure the student
understand what is taught through
questioning students understanding.
Integration student: Use pictures and
videos to enhance learning and
understanding, m sure to use language
that isnt too complex, check in with the
student for updating student understand,
questions to clarify and making sure the
student understand what is taught
through questioning

Connecting, Engaging and Modelling Inquiry

Prior to class:
Write goal on the board
PowerPoint ready
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Wait patiently for students to arrive

Mark roll

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Recap of last lesson

Ask a few students to reflect back on the previous lesson.
Video: The Pacific - Melbourne (Ask Bill)
Background history: the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made it clear that, if forced to choose,
he would use English troops and equipment to defend England itself, rather than helping to protect
Australia against the Japanese in the Pacific. The Australian Prime Minister John Curtin then called on
America for help.

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America responded, and from early 1942, thousands of American troops began arriving in Australia,
preparing to fight the Pacific war. By 1943, there were 250,000 Americans stationed in Melbourne, Sydney
and Brisbane. This episode is about the American troops leaving Australia.
Goal: To analyse the role of Australian women in World War II.
Get students to rate understanding 1 5
APK: In what ways do you think the role of Australian women changed during World War 2?
Talk to the person next to you and share answers.
Group discussion afterwards
MAIN BODY
Guiding Inquiry and Practice
Brief overview:
On the home front, women dealt with the consequences of war managing children and family
responsibilities alone, shortages of resources, as well as their fears for the future, and the grief and trauma of
losing loved ones.
But most women wanted to help with war effort.
Video: Australian Woman WW2
After watching the video, some prompt questions to get a discussion:
What is considered volunteer activities?
Ask students what is different about womens roles in our current society.
Explore how the women of WWII taking on non-traditional work may have developed skills for
other areas in their lives.
How did this volunteer work contribute to the changing nature of Australian society?
Read 2.12 Australian women at war
Complete Q1 Q5.

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CONCLUSION
Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Inquiry
Goal review: How did women in Australia assist the war effort?
Rate your understanding 1 5
Get a few students to share