AC9HP10P09 Year 9 Health and Physical Education

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 Health and Physical Education provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

critique health information, services and media messaging about relationships, lifestyle choices, health decisions and behaviours to evaluate their influence on individual attitudes and actions

Elaborations

• 1 critiquing health information and services that provide advice and support on issues targeted at specific groups of young people, including support with substance use, healthy food choices, fitness and exercise plans, mental health support, sexual health and personal safety
• 2 analysing the nutritional composition of foods eaten by the First Peoples of Australia and explaining how the information could be used to increase health benefits for everyone
• 3 evaluating strategies and actions to increase personal safety and planning to promote these in the school and community
• 4 investigating health issues specific to First Nations Australian communities and proposing proactive community strategies for promoting better access and health outcomes; for example, remote area dialysis buses and community-based treatment options
• 5 discussing how the portrayal of sexual relationships in TV shows, advertisements, movies, popular music and online content (such as pornography) may influence people’s beliefs about respectful, safe and consensual relationships

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