Health and physical education / Year 5 and 6 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Being healthy, safe and active

Curriculum content descriptions

Examine how identities are influenced by people and places (ACPPS051)

Elaborations
  • identifying how personal qualities contribute to identities and inform world views
  • recognising how individual personalities and teamwork contribute to achieving success in physical activities
  • exploring how personal and cultural identities change over time
  • investigating how personal and cultural identities are influenced by the groups and communities to which we belong and the places to which we feel connected
  • exploring how family, peers, popular culture and the media influence how individuals interact and the choices they make in given situations
  • discussing the notion of border crossing; that is, how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples live in two worlds
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Personal identity,  Cultural identity,  Adaptability

Video

Aboriginal Cultures, Ch 14: Identity, racism and connection

How do you identify yourself? For some of us our identity is linked to the way we look, but for many people, especially in a multicultural country like Australia, it is generally more complicated. Does the way you look inform how you identify yourself? Grace is a Yorta Yorta person, and her identity is linked to her connection ...