Source Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (Australia)
Subject Interdisciplinary, Health and Physical Education
Grade Level 7, 8 |
Badminton Tactics and Strategies
The Badminton Tactics and Strategies unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 11 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources.
Unit description from source: In Badminton Tactics and Strategies students focus on enhancing their motor skill development, strategic thinking and tactical knowledge. Students work individually and in teams to develop the key concepts that underpin badminton tactics and strategies. Through a series of structured physical activities, students develop badminton tactics and strategies and implement them in the game situation. Students devise and use a variety of creative thinking strategies and graphic organizers to analyze game situations, solve problems and make tactical and strategic decisions.
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Source Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (Australia)
Subject Interdisciplinary, Health and Physical Education
Grade Level 7, 8 |
Harm Minimization
The Harm Minimization unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 5 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources.
Unit description from source: In Harm Minimization students focus on reducing the risks associated with alcohol. Students are tasked with differentiating between high and low risk scenarios by identifying possible harms associated with a variety of situations. Students then perform a risk analysis on these outcomes and develop a harm minimization strategy in response to this.
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Source Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (Australia)
Subject Interdisciplinary, History/Social Studies
Grade Level 7, 8 |
Leadership- Then and Now
The Leadership- Then and Now unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 4 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources.
Unit description from source: In Leadership - then and now students examine the concept of leadership by comparing leaders of an ancient or medieval society with leaders in contemporary Australian society.
They use brainstorming to develop ideas of what constitutes leadership and consolidate their understanding through their research and discussion. A focus on note-taking and documenting sources provides a starting point for evaluating the quality of evidence obtained.
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Source Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (Australia)
Subject Interdisciplinary, Interpersonal Development, Mathematics, Information and Communication, Technology
Grade Level 7, 8 |
Newspaper Report
The Newspaper Report unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 4 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources.
Unit description from source: In Newspaper Report students identify characteristics of text style that can be used to describe the differences between newspapers and then collect summary statistics from a range of newspapers. They analyze these statistics and produce a report based on their findings. Working within teams, students provide constructive feedback on each others' work and analyze different points of view.
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Source Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (Australia)
Subject Interdisciplinary, History/Social Studies, Communication
Grade Level 7, 8 |
The 1967 Referendum
The The 1967 Referendum unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 7 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources.
Unit description from source: The 1967 Referendum was a significant milestone in the progress towards equal rights for Indigenous Australians. It holds great symbolic importance for Indigenous Australians. In the campaign for the referendum, Victorians played a significant role. In The 1967 Referendum, students evaluate the significance of the 1967 Referendum by:
- reflecting on the civil, political and social rights enjoyed by citizens in a democracy
- analysing democratic values, including freedom, equality and respect
- examining the Referendum’s historical, social and political context
- understanding the importance of referendums as a process of constitutional change
- analysing a range of primary sources, including photographs, speeches, songs, slogans, pamphlets and statistical data
- developing strategies in brainstorming, questioning and note-making
- researching and presenting a point of view on a significant issue
- understanding the importance of context, audience and purpose in presenting a point of view.
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Source Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (Australia)
Subject Interdisciplinary, Health and Physical Education, Interpersonal Development, Art, Communication
Grade Level 7, 8 |
The Right Moves
The The Right Moves unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 6 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources.
Unit description from source: In The right moves students work cooperatively in teams to develop, analyze and implement group tactics. Students use cooperative learning tasks to identify, understand and develop key concepts that lead to an appreciation and demonstration of tactics in team games. Students analyse games and collect data to assess their performances. Students are introduced to European handball. They analyze a series of structured physical activities to develop basic attacking and defensive skills that are used in team games including European handball and create a media product that communicates their understanding of rules and tactics to a specific audience.
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