Transport and Travel - FLIGHT ATTENDANT

The History of Australian Air Hostess' (Flight Attendants): A Gender and Cultural Study

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. Form groups of three. Split up the following articles and read the following articles and listen to the audiotape.

The Conversation 12 May 2017 The Conversation 17 October 2014	Archival Material - The Age 21 October 1988 Sir Reginald Ansett had called the domestic union executive a “batch of old boilers” (even though they were aged between 28 and 35) as they supported a two-day strike for better pay, the opportunity to fly until they were three-months pregnant and an increase in the retirement age to 45.
The Conversation 11 December 2013	ABC RN Hindsight 29 November 2009 (Audio Tape)

2. What information surprised you in these articles? Why? Why not?

Discuss with a partner. Be ready to share with the rest of the class.

3. Create a timeline of the history of Flight Attendants in Australia.

4. What gender issues came up in this History? Are they still present today?

"What is it like being an Airport Service Officer for a half an hour?"

Primary Middle  Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students decide what activity your group is going to do:

a. putting the seats back after a school assembly b. sweeping the floor after a school assembly

g. if there is a wheelchair at the school, borrow it, with permission, for the half hour. One student is to be in the wheelchair and one pushing the wheelchair. Holding a camera, the student in the wheelchair is taken around an obstacle path at the school. Record time taken, the number of expressions from student in seat of "careful", "not so fast" etc., the changes in the normal route to get to class and the camera recording for each Airport Services Officer.

2. Reflection.

"What did it feel like helping out?"

Websites, Games & Apps

Air Hostess Game Primary Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Information and Communication Technology Capability	Flight Attendant - Game Primary Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Information and Communication Technology Capability
Where is that? Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Information and Communication Technology Capability Test your knowledge of the world.  Five different levels to choose from and different countries.	Geo-Globe Primary Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Information and Communication Technology Capability Test more of your geographical knoweldge of the world.
Lizard Point Map Quizzes Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Information and Communication Technology Capability Another collection of free online games where you can test your geography knowledge.	Flightmapping Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Information and Communication Technology Capability Find flight routes from different cities
Countries of the World - App Primary Middle Secondary   Australian Curriculum General Capability: Information and Communication Technology Capability