Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:

10

Time:

9.20 10.10
st

Date: Term 1 Week 5 Wednesday 1 March Period 2

Learning Area: Humanities and Social Sciences
Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum
Historical Knowledge and Understanding
Substrand: Students investigate wartime experiences
through a study of World War in depth.
Learning Area: Humanities and Social Sciences
ACDSEH109 Changing roles of women
The impact of World War II, with a particular emphasis on
the Australian home front, including the changing roles of
women and use of wartime government controls (e.g.
conscription, manpower controls, rationing, censorship)
(ACDSEH109)

Students Prior Knowledge:

Year 9 students in Civics and Citizenship studied
a) The key principles of Australias justice system,
including equality before the law, independent
judiciary and right of appeal IACHCK078)
b) The way the work environment is changing in
contemporary Australia and the implication for
current and future work (ACHEK042)
Year 9 students in History studied
a) The impact of World War I, with a particular
emphasis on Australia, such as the use of
propaganda to influence the civilian population the
changing role of women and the conscription
debate (ACDSEH097)

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy

Numeracy

ICT
competence

Critical and
creative thinking

Ethical
behaviour

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Sustainability

Lesson Objectives
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Explain the role of women in Australian society prior to World War II (WW II)
Describe how WW II was the catalyst for change for women in terms of their role in Australian society
Identify how the war played a major role in womens rights in Australia
Outline how the government control of rationing impacted on Australians during World War II
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Quizlet and Etherpad Lite
Weebly active
Laptop
Students have prior access to Thinglink
Whiteboard marker
Timing application on phone or clock in classroom
YouTube clip, test file works and ICT is operational
Arrange pairs of students for Think pair share activity
Teacher directed seating on SEQTA to cater for behavior
management

Provision for students at educational risk:

Language, literacy and numeracy skills: identify learning
environment and individual learner needs and characteristics
based on Learner Profile Cards on SEQTA. Provide the
appropriate support and modifications to suit the needs of the
learner. Provide one-on-one support and pace delivery to
cater for varying needs of students.
Learning difficulty Dyslexia
The lesson is visually based with hands on interactive
activities that can be explained further if required.
The use of ICT including videos helps to target students that
are visual learners, while strategies in other activities best
suit those who are verbal/reading learners.

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time
9.20

Motivation and Introduction:

Welcome students as they enter the classroom in single

file and ask them to take their seats according to the
classroom plan. Firstly the roll call is taken and
attendance recorded on SEQTA.

Resources/References
Align these with the segment where
they will be introduced.

The introduction to the lesson involves a recap on the

previous lessons based on the topic of World War II,
referring to the events leading up to the start of World
War II and the experiences of those in other countries.
The lesson commences with students to begin to
consider the effect of the war in on the homefront in
Australia and how lives of families were changed.
9.25

Outline the expected learning outcomes for the lesson

and tools used to contribute to the experience.
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies &
Key Questions):

9.30

9.35

Introduce the topic by focusing on role of women in

Australian society prior to World War II dating from 1939
1945.
Set the scene by explaining the role of women in society
before the start of World War II
The role of women in Australian Society was
primarily in the main dedicated to household
duties and volunteering
Women were expected to manage the home and
raise children.
Ask students whether they believe that this is role of
women or should we allow people to choose
Impetus for Change
Changes took effect on 9th September 1939 with the
introduction of the National Security Act. The
Commonwealth Government enacted the new law which
affected many day-to-day lives of Australians.

www.australia.gov.au

www.ww2australia.gov.au

www.skwirk.com.au

As the workforce in Australia was diminishing, women

were needed to work in a broad range of occupations.
Both men and women were ordered to work in roles to
support the war effort which was called the All in
Living the war. This resulted in a shortage of labour
requiring women to take on roles that were considered a
mans job. These included engineering, metalwork and
farming as well as work in clothing and textiles and
nursing.
9.40

9.45

9.50

9.55

New career / employment opportunities for women

Teacher to show a Slide.ly of photo of women in farming
and industrial occupations. Discussion to outline
positions taken over by women such as working in the
daily press and news reels as well as women working as
tram conductors. Another change was that those who
were required to resign because they got marriage, were
able to return to working as teachers or clerks. Women
acquired a new skills set due to broader employment
opportunities such as work in communications,
management and positions where women operated
heavy equipment.
The Manpower Directorate controlled labour supply and
women were supported by the Womens Employment
Board to monitor the payment of wages so that jobs
called mens work done by women were paid at 60% to
90% of the male rate of pay
.
Students are to collaborate in real time using the ICT tool
Etherpad Lite to list at least three jobs that were opened
up for women due to changes in government policy.
Teacher to outline the Commonwealth Governments no
strikes in wartime policy and despite this ruling, many
male and female workers in Australia were involved in
workplace disputes.

www.ww2australia.gov.au
Darian-Smith, K. (2012) The Home
Front and the American Presence in
1942 (pp.70-75). Dean, P., &
Beazley, K. Australia 1942 edited by
Dean, P. & Beazley. K, (2012)
Cambridge University
Press, 2012

Slide.ly

Etherpad Lite

Reekie, G. (1985) Industrial Action

by Women in Western Australia
during World War II Labour History,
(49) (pp. 75-82) lists case studies in
manual, professional both traditional
and non-traditional employment.

Students are to be briefed on WA case studies that focus

on women in a range of occupations including manual
and professional, traditional and non-traditional types of
employment. It was found that the war enabled more
favourable conditions than in peace time for women to
be asking for better working conditions and pay. In the
clothing and textile industry for instance, 80% of workers
were women yet they were one of the lowest paid
occupations. In Perth there were 32 companies who had
contracted to make uniforms, tents and bags for the war
effort. If a worker wanted to leave the industry for better
working pay and conditions, they were prohibited from
doing so by government policy under Manpower

Regulations.

9.57

Show the Scootle resource on Rationing to outline to

students how this policy affected families in Australia

Splash.abc.net.auhome#!media/102780
Quizlet

10.05

Students do a Quizlet on the Rationing policy in wartime

Australia

10.10

Lesson Closure The lesson concludes with a summary that

the experiences during World War II effectively changed the
way women were treated in the workplace and highlighted the
changes required to ensure a more equitable workplace. It is
evident by our lesson today that the experience of women in
during World War II has established the foundation of womens
rights for equal pay and conditions in Australia.

thewomenofwar.weebly

Teacher to conduct a review to recap on the lesson objectives

to
Explain the role of women in Australian society prior to
World War II (WW II)
Describe how WW II was the catalyst for change for
women in terms of their role in Australian society
Identify how the war played a major role in womens rights
in Australia
Outline how the government control of rationing impacted
on Australians during World War II
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)
In preparation for the next lesson, students are to
upload Etherpad notes on the group Weebly.
Assessment:

Formative assessment based on Quizlet

and observation of classroom
participation Data recorded on SEQTA
Summative assessment based on
Etherpad notes

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor: