Health and Physical Education / Year 7 and 8 / Personal, social and community health / Interacting with others

Curriculum content descriptions

investigate strategies that influence how communities value diversity and propose actions they can take to promote inclusion in their communities (AC9HP8P05)

Elaborations
  • investigating how respecting diversity and challenging racism, sexism, ableism (disability discrimination) and homophobia influence individual and community health and wellbeing
  • examining values and beliefs about cultural and social issues such as gender, race, violence, sexuality and ability, and how resisting stereotypes can help students be themselves
  • developing strategies to challenge narrow views of gender, race, violence, sexuality, gender diversity and ability to contribute to inclusive communities
  • researching how norms, stereotypes and prejudice are challenged in local, national and global contexts
  • investigating events and strategies that value the contributions of First Nations Australians and strengthen relationships, such as Indigenous rounds in sporting codes and NAIDOC Week
  • identifying examples of beliefs and cultural practices within, between and across cultural groups, including cultural groups from the Asian region, and describing how they have changed or remained the same over time
General capabilities
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural Understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Social customs,  Cultural diversity,  Social relations

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A sensory experience

This is a website about how the treatment and mainstream understanding of deaf and blind people has changed over time. Students are invited to engage with the stories of individuals, events and artefacts of deaf and blind communities such as the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria. The resource includes links, images, ...

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Young Deadly Free: How to have healthy relationships

This resource includes the This is US series of short videos made to explore challenges and issues in the lives of teenage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Topics include relationships, underage drinking, managing friendships and trouble with the law. An accompanying Teacher Resource includes lesson plans ...

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Years 7 and 8: Resilience, rights and respectful relationships

This resource explores eight topics of social and emotional learning across Levels 7 and 8 of schooling. The topics are emotional literacy; personal and cultural strengths; positive coping; problem-solving; stress management; help-seeking; gender and identity; and positive gender relations. Each topic includes background ...

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Exploring identity and inclusivity

This lesson plan supports students to explore identities and their sense of self. Students learn skills and strategies to promote inclusion, equality and respectful relationships.

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Evil Genius: Unit of work

This unit of work has been written to support the coming-of-age novel Evil Genius. It explores themes of belonging, identity, being gifted and morality. This unit provides practical teaching ideas, an assessment task and an essay by Beth Driscoll.

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Active Citizens: Globally connected, locally engaged

While this is designed for use with adults, some of the learning activities are suitable for use in secondary classrooms. Find learning activities exploring identity, cultural understandings, managing difference and conflict.