Questions:

• How are the exercises the women are doing different to a modern aerobics class? (think about music, types of exercise, clothes)
• What impression does the film give about the role of women, and how women's bodies are viewed?
• What impression do you get of the narrator? Why do you think this is a man?
• When was this film made, what was life like in Scotland then, especially for women

Activities:

PE: Create your own exercise programme, including warm-ups

PE / Media Studies: What examples can you find in the modern media of stereotypical views of women?

English / PE: If this film was made today, how would it be different?

Media Studies: Change the mood of the film by replacing the soundtrack with, for example, different musical, a different voice-over, different voices from the class talking about attitudes to health and fitness

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