Health and physical education / Year 5 and 6 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

Curriculum content descriptions

Recognise how media and important people in the community influence personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours (ACPPS057)

Elaborations
  • examining how media and public identities influence the way people act and the choices they make
  • sharing how important people in their life influence them to act or behave in a healthy or safe way
  • analysing health messages in the media and comparing their interpretations with those of other members of the class
  • exploring media representations of people who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, from diverse cultural backgrounds, same-sex attracted or gender diverse, and discussing how representations impact on community values
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Attitudes,  Beliefs,  Decision making,  Social influence

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