HPE - Unit 3: The Community Cup Designers - LESSON PLANS + Student Workbook - Year 7 & 8

Transform your Health & PE program with "Unit 3: The Community Cup Designers," a 9-week gamified unit that empowers Year 7 and 8 students to become architects of inclusion, fairness and social change.

Move beyond traditional sport drills. This innovative unit challenges students to identify "Structural Exclusion" in games and society, teaching them to "hack" the rules of sport to ensure everyone - regardless of ability or background - has a place on the field. By blending Game Design principles with critical social justice theory, students learn that diversity is a strategic advantage, not a barrier.

What's Inside? This meticulously planned resource is designed to save you time while delivering rigorous, Australian Curriculum-aligned (AC9) content. You will find:

• 9 Weeks of Narrative-Driven Lessons: Guide your students through a design journey where they experience the sting of exclusion in the 'Inner Circle' game, audit their school for accessibility barriers and learn the 'Social Model of Disability' by modifying equipment and rules to fix the environment, not the person.
• Australian Curriculum Aligned: Fully aligned with the Year 7 and 8 Health and Physical Education curriculum (AC9), covering key content descriptors for Personal, Social and Community Health (e.g. AC9HP8P05 Valuing Diversity, AC9HP8P08 Community Resources) and Movement and Physical Activity (e.g. AC9HP8M08 Modifying Rules, AC9HP8M09 Leadership).
• Gamified & Inquiry-Based Learning: Turn your oval into a "Game Design Lab." Students take on active roles such as 'Accessibility Auditors,' 'Rule Hackers' who use coding logic to fix game glitches and 'Culture Captains' who are rewarded for building psychological safety. They also deeply engage with First Nations culture by playing and respecting traditional games like Gorri.
• Built-in Assessment & Differentiation: Assessments are embedded in the learning process. Evaluate critical thinking with 'Bug Reports' during peer play-testing, observe leadership in the 'Safe Spaces' challenge and assess the final product in the summative 'Community Cup Tournament'—where the winning team is judged on inclusive design and culture, not just runs scored.
• Real-World Skills: This unit bridges the gap between PE and social responsibility, teaching students to identify 'Banter vs. Bullying,' understand the 'Scout Report' approach to valuing diverse talents and apply Design Thinking to solve community problems.
• Summative Assessment Task: The unit concludes with "The Community Cup Design Challenge," where student teams submit a "Game Manual" and host a station at the final tournament, proving their ability to create and manage an inclusive sporting environment.
• FREE Student Workbook: Includes a ready-to-print workbook with exercises for each lesson.

Cover Your Entire Term of Health & PE! This is Unit 3 of a 4-part comprehensive series. Whether you need a standalone unit on Inclusion and Game Design or a full term's worth of content, "The Community Cup Designers" provides a powerful, practical framework for teaching social justice through movement.

Download "Unit 3: The Community Cup Designers" today and empower your students to build a sporting culture where everyone belongs!