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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 ...

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Take a stand against racism

This is a unit of work about valuing diversity and standing up against racism. It has four teaching and learning sequences that focus on: exploring identity and diversity, understanding what racism looks like, sounds like and feels like, taking action against racism and what individuals can do to confront racism. The resource ...

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Fire in ceremony

Many aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional ceremonies are an important part of expressing cultural beliefs. Students will explore the use of fire and plants in smoking ceremonies, and how traditions combine ritual with skill and knowledge of traditional medicine to promote connections to community ...