Resources Books – Arrow, M., Friday on Our Minds: popular culture in Australia since 1945, 2009 Websites – For more ideas on activities, lessons and tasks, go to Activities, lessons and more Australian Cartoon Museum Pop culture 1945-present – The People History (list of events by year) - DFAT website on People, Culture and Lifestyle since 1945 Skwirk [watch this website for plagiarism in this topic and others] Assessment overview Depth Study 5A Semester 1 Popular Culture Term 2 , Week 1 Assessment for learning Assessment as learning Assessment of learning Reflective response: To what extent did life change in Beatlemania research students will reflect on the Weighting: 30% – Australia during WWII? research process and be able to explain how they Description of Task: Students plan and present a group approached it Investigation into sportsmen and women develop a – music video or short documentary which reflects a significant persuasive speech Interviewing parents about favourite bands (students need individual or group. to evaluate own questions) Film analysis Outcomes: HT5-4, HT5-6, HT5-7, HT5-9, HT5-10 Finding sources on different bands from different decades peer assessment of sources – each other’s
Resources Books – Arrow, M., Friday on Our Minds: popular culture in Australia since 1945, 2009 Websites – For more ideas on activities, lessons and tasks, go to Activities, lessons and more Australian Cartoon Museum – Pop culture 1945-present The People History (list of events by year) - DFAT website on People, Culture and Lifestyle since 1945 Skwirk [watch this website for plagiarism in this topic and others] Assessment overview Depth Study 5A Popular Culture Semester 1 Term 2 , Week 1 Assessment for learning Assessment as learning Assessment of learning Reflective response: To what extent did life change in Australia during WWII? Investigation into sportsmen and women – develop a persuasive speech Film analysis Beatlemania research – students will reflect on the research process and be able to explain how they approached it Interviewing parents about favourite bands (students need to evaluate own questions) Finding sources on different bands from different decades – peer assessment of each other’s sources Weighting: 30% Description of Task: Students plan and present a group music video or short documentary which reflects a significant individual or group. Outcomes: HT5-4, HT5-6, HT5-7, HT5-9, HT5-10