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Advocacy Role-Play Cards

Students engaged in advocacy role-play

🎭 Part 1: Role-Play Cards

Card A: Indigenous Rights Advocacy Group

Your Group: You represent an Indigenous rights organisation working to address discrimination in education and employment.

Key Issues: Lower graduation rates, workplace discrimination, lack of cultural recognition in schools

Your Role: Prepare a 2-minute presentation to local council advocating for change

Success Criteria: Clearly state your group's identity, identify specific problems, propose realistic solutions, use persuasive language

Card B: Refugee Support Network

Your Group: You advocate for recently arrived refugees facing housing and employment discrimination.

Key Issues: Rental discrimination, workplace bias, language barriers affecting job applications

Your Role: Create a community awareness campaign to promote inclusion

Success Criteria: Identify target audience, explain discrimination impacts, suggest community actions, use respectful language

Card C: Disability Rights Coalition

Your Group: You work to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities in public spaces.

Key Issues: Inaccessible buildings, negative attitudes, limited employment opportunities

Your Role: Lobby local businesses to improve accessibility and attitudes

Success Criteria: Present evidence of discrimination, propose specific improvements, explain benefits to whole community

Card D: Gender Equality Advocacy Group

Your Group: You advocate for gender equality in workplaces and leadership roles.

Key Issues: Gender pay gap, workplace discrimination, access to leadership roles

Your Role: Advocate for gender equality policies in workplaces

Success Criteria: Clearly state your group's identity, identify specific gender issues, propose realistic policy changes, use persuasive language

📋 Part 2: Planning Template

1. Group Identity: Who are you representing?
2. Key Issues: What discrimination problems are you addressing?
3. Target Audience: Who needs to hear your message? (Tick all that apply)

Local government/council

School leadership

Business owners

General community

Other: _______________

4. Goals: What specific changes do you want to achieve?
5. Persuasive Strategies: How will you convince people to support your cause?

Share personal stories and experiences

Present facts and statistics

Explain benefits to whole community

Propose specific, achievable solutions

Connect to shared values (fairness, respect)

6. Community Engagement: How will you involve others in your advocacy?

🌟 Part 3: Sentence Starters & Support

Vocabulary Support:

Advocacy: Speaking up for a cause or group of people

Discrimination: Unfair treatment based on differences like race, religion, or disability

Inclusion: Making sure everyone feels welcome and valued

Pressure Group: An organisation that tries to influence government or community attitudes

Sentence Starters for Presentations:

• "We represent __________ and we are here to address __________"

• "The main problem we face is __________"

• "This affects our community because __________"

• "We propose that you __________ to help solve this issue"

• "This change will benefit everyone by __________"

• "We ask for your support because __________"

Differentiation Notes:

EAL/D Support: Work in pairs with English-proficient partners, use visual aids, focus on clear simple sentences, provide extra planning time

Advanced Learners: Research real Australian pressure groups, include statistics or legal references, consider multiple stakeholder perspectives, design follow-up action plans

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