Lesson Ideas on How to Celebrate Australian Football in the Classroom
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LESSON IDEAS ON HOW TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN THE CLASSROOM KEY LEARNING AREA: ART TARGETED NO. TITLE FOCUS SYNOPSIS YEAR LEVELS 1 The captain’s Drama Have students work in groups to role-play an AFL captain’s speech to his Years F-2 speech team in different circumstances – at an awards night, before the game, Years 3-4 half-time when they are winning or losing and after the game when Years 5-6 they have won or lost. Ask groups to present their speeches without words and have the class deduce in what circumstance the speech was Years 7-8 delivered by solely considering facial expressions and movement. 2 AFL huddle Drama Divide the class into teams of 8-10 students. In their role as a team Years F-2 coach, have each member of a group prepare a three-quarter time Years 3-4 speech for their team that is behind by one point in the Grand Final. In Years 5-6 their address they are to use voice, facial expression, movement and space to imagine and establish role and situation. Years 7-8 3 My football Drama Ask students to write a script for a short story describing a favourite Years F-2 story Australian Football moment that involves them. Have them form groups Years 3-4 to rehearse and perform the moment for the class. They should enhance Years 5-6 their stories by using available software and technologies, for example, using a mobile device to add sound effects. Years 7-8 4 My goal of the Drama Have students develop a personal commentary of them kicking the AFL Years 3-4 year Goal of the Year. Their commentary should be written as a television Years 5-6 commentator would call the goal, for example, ‘he picks up the ball, Years 7-8 rounds one, rounds two and kicks a spectacular goal from an acute angle’. Students should then re-enact their goal, using voice, body, movement and language for the class while they or another class member commentates. 5 Against all Drama Divide the class into writing teams. Have them create a script of a Years 5-6 odds short story about a local footballer who made it to the AFL after many Years 7-8 setbacks. Their story should have moments of dramatic tension and be rehearsed and performed. Students should present their performances using social media, and consider the effect that a real and virtual audience has on their planning and performance. 6 AFL body Drama Divide the class into groups and have each group re-enact the body Years 3-4 language language of a player, coach, supporter, commentator and umpire Years 5-6 in a range of situations that engender human emotions such as joy, Years 7-8 disappointment, anger, respect, disrespect etc. Ask the class to deduce what message or feeling the actor is trying to convey through their body language. 7 Football Media Arts Have the class play a game of Australian Football. Ask them to think of Years F-2 sounds the sounds that are associated with the game. In groups, have them recreate the sounds to communicate ideas that tell the class about some aspect of the game. Students should be able to present their sounds and explain their association to football. 8 Show me Media Arts Have students review an AFL coaching manual or video that teaches Years F-2 how to play the skills of the game. Ask them to identify image features such as shot Years 3-4 Australian types, i.e. long shot, mid shot and close-up, and discuss why the images Football were photographed/filmed and presented that way for the audience. TARGETED NO. TITLE FOCUS SYNOPSIS YEAR LEVELS 9 What’s my Media Arts Ask students to identify 5-10 sequential moments that occurred at their Years 3-4 football story? day at the football. Their day could have commenced by waking up Years 5-6 and having breakfast, putting on their favourite team jumper, travelling to the football on a train with the cheer squad etc. Have them write each individual moment on a strip of paper and jumble them for other students to place back in their correct sequence. 10 AFL respect Media Arts Have students take a series of photographs that show themselves and Years 3-4 and disrespect their friends as AFL footballers depicting respect and disrespect in the Years 5-6 game. Their messages to the audience should be conveyed through Years 7-8 setting, costume and body language. 11 Our big Media Arts After conducting an investigation, have the class decide on what they Years 3-4 AFL story think was the biggest story in AFL football last season. They should Years 5-6 experiment with available software and appropriate graphics, fonts, colours and images to format and lay out a front-page news story on the topic. 12 Join our Media Arts Have students plan and script a radio advertisement to recruit members Years 5-6 club now! for an AFL club. They should discuss the type of messages that a club Years 7-8 could use to attract membership and the representation of itself it should communicate to the community. The advertisement should convey strongly the image the club seeks to promote. 13 Making it Drama Ask the class to conduct research on an AFL player with a multicultural or Years 5-6 to the top indigenous background who experienced challenges in his quest to the Years 7-8 play the game at the highest level. Have them use their understanding of the human behaviour and emotions experienced by the player and their empathy for his story, to develop a script, including characters and roles, about a person who has faced obstacles achieving their dream in life. 14 Our game Media Arts Organise a game of football where students, working in groups, take Years F-2 in pictures photos of the experience. Have groups retell the experience in a series of Years 3-4 captioned images. 15 Let’s promote Media Arts Divide the class in groups. Tell students that they are now part of the AFL Years 3-4 the AFL marketing and media team. Their task is to think of one aspect of the AFL Years 5-6 that they can produce an advertisement for. The Grand Final, opening Years 7-8 round, Brownlow Medal, Anzac Day or Multicultural Round could be some highly marketable events that they can consider. Have them plan, create and present an advertisement for the AFL and consider which responsible media practices in their production they will need to abide by such as permission for the use of images, video or audio. 16 The story Media Arts Divide the class in groups and assign images of 2-3 AFL Indigenous Years 3-4 behind the Round jumpers for each group to review. Ask them to make Years 5-6 story comparisons, identify meanings and describe representations in each jumper. Have groups make a presentation of their findings to the class. Have them compare their ideas with THE STORIES BEHIND EACH CLUB’S INDIGENOUS GUERNSEY . (insert hyperlink) 17 Commentating Media Arts Have students watch or listen to an AFL game on television, internet or Years 5-6 life radio. Deconstruct the commentary by focusing on the match and player Years 7-8 descriptions, the style of the call, the dramatic effects, humour used and game information conveyed. Ask students to apply the conventions of the commentary to an ordinary every day event to create humour. For example, describing lunchtime or a mathematics lesson in the form of a sports commentary on radio. TARGETED NO. TITLE FOCUS SYNOPSIS YEAR LEVELS 18 The coach Visual arts Provide students with images of AFL coaches addressing their Years F-2 players during a game. Have students select one coach and use their Years 3-4 observations to draw a personal interpretation of his face. They should Years 5-6 emphasise the shapes, colours and textures of the coaches’ facial features in their artwork. Years 7-8 19 This is me Visual arts Have the class participate in a game of Australian Football where each Years F-2 student is photographed in action. Have students recreate their image Years 3-4 as a painting, drawing, sculpture or other form of papier mache, clay or Years 5-6 modroc plaster 3D model. Years 7-8 20 Our AFL art Visual arts Ask the class to organise a gallery exhibition of AFL art in their classroom Years F-2 exhibition for an audience. Have them discuss which other non-art items would Years 3-4 enhance the AFL theme of the exhibition. They may consider sounds associated with Australian Football, video of classic games, streamers and banners etc. 21 AFL art – What Visual arts Source a range of AFL art from the internet for the class to view. Have Years F-2 does it mean? students consider what the artwork makes them think about and Years 3-4 why? What figures/shapes could they see in the artwork? How has Years 5-6 the artist treated the figures/shapes to convey their idea or meaning? Ask students to present and justify their ideas to the class. Years 7-8 22 A look back Visual arts Source from the internet a range of Australian Football photographs Years 3-4 at history and (or) paintings from the 1930s i.e. matches, players, spectators, Years 5-6 suburban grounds, public transport to games etc.