'Picnic at Hanging Rock' — Lesson 05: Characters, Motivations and Relationships

This individual lesson is part of the Lesson Ready unit on Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Lesson 05 develops students’ understanding of the film’s characters, motivations and relationships. Students identify important characters, infer traits and motivations from film details, and examine how relationships reveal differences in power, freedom, class and emotional dependence.

Students also analyse how the disappearances affect characters and cause relationships to develop, weaken or expose underlying tensions.

Includes:

• Editable PowerPoint lesson slideshow;
• Editable student worksheet; and
• Detailed sample answers.

This resource is Lesson 05 of the complete 14-lesson Picnic at Hanging Rock unit but can also be purchased and taught independently.

The film is not included. This is a digital product supplied as a downloadable ZIP file. Available with an Individual Teacher Licence or English/EAL Faculty Licence — One Campus.