LESSON PLAN

Unit/lesson title
Lesson duration: 78
Stage: 5
Class/group: 9 A12
Difference and Diversity
minutes
Year: 9
National Professional Standards for Teachers: Domain
Standard
Standard 1: Know students and how they learn
Professional Knowledge
Standard 2. Know the content and how to teach it

Professional Practice

Standard 3. Plan for and implement effective teaching and

learning
Standard 4. Create and maintain supportive and safe
learning environment
Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student
learning

Specific teaching target: Focus area/s

Professional Practice

Professional Knowledge

Standard 3:
3.2 - Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
3.3 - Use teaching strategies
3.4 - Select and use resources
3.5 - Use effective classroom communication

Standard 1:
1.2 Understand how students learn
1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and
socioeconomic backgrounds
1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of
students across the full range of students
Standard 2:
2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the area
2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies

Rationale
This lesson is designed to introduce students to the topic of
Difference and Diversity. Students will watch some videos about
multiculturalism, and participate in discussions about the topic to

Standard 4:
4.1 - Support student participation
4.2 - Manage classroom activities
4.3 - Manage challenging behaviour
Standard 5:
5.1 Assess student learning
5.2 Provide feedback to students on their learning
5.3 Make consistent and comparable judgements

Prior knowledge
Basic understanding of how to use ICT
Ability to respond to questions

develop their knowledge about Difference and Diversity in Australia.

Students will then further their understanding of difference and
diversity in Australia, through viewing the Australian census and
completing related questions.
Syllabus strand/sub strand
English
Syllabus
elaborations/co
ntent
Students will
know/ be able to:
Gain an
understanding
about the topic of
Difference and
Diversity
Express their
views on Australia
and
multiculturalism.
Gain a deeper
understanding of
the topic of
Difference and
Diversity, and the
diversity in
Australia.

Time

5min
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10min

Syllabus content description/outcome

EN5-5C: Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically
about information and increasingly complex ideas and arguments to
respond to and compose texts in a range of contexts
Content/learning experiences
Teaching
Class
Assessment
Resources
strategies organisati
techniques
on
Introduction
Formative
-Computers/
Students complete oral presentations.
assessment
laptops
Ask students what it means to be Australian.
Whole class Listen to
-Whiteboard/
What makes a person Australian? Share
students
whiteboard
responses.
ICT
responses
markers
Show students the Q&A video talking about
strategy
during
-Choose
multiculturalism.
Independen discussion to
your own
How does this video make you think about
t work
assess their
statistics
your answers?
understanding
handout
Body
Feedback
of the topic.
-Workbooks
Introduce the topic Difference and Diversity.
Whole class
-Pen/ paper
What does this topic mean?
Formative
-Projector
Watch Sunrise video. How does this differ to
assessment
-Are you a
your original views of Australia?
Questionin
Listen to
racist?
Complete Are you a racist quiz. Go through
g
students
handout
answers as a class.
paragraphs to
Ask the class, What makes someone
assess their
Australian?
understanding
Students write a paragraph arguing What
of Difference
makes someone Australian, and why you feel
and Diversity in
that way.
Australia.
Take students to the computer room. In the
ICT
computer room, hand each student a copy of
strategy
Formative
the handout Choose your own statistics.
assessment
Inform students that they are to go onto
Observe
Splash ABC, and complete the questions in
students
their workbook.
answering
Conclusion
questions to
Read through the answers as a class. Students
assess their
reflect on their new understanding of Australia
understanding

and our diversity.

Reflection and evaluation of lesson

How I will adjust my teaching as a result of this lesson

of the question,
and the topic of
difference and
diversity.

Associate Teacher:
taught

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Date: ________________

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