Tackling Racism - Acting with Kindness

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Years 9 & 10 Health and Physical Education:

• Evaluate the influence of respect, empathy, power and coercion on establishing and maintaining respectful relationships (AC9HP10P04)
• Propose strategies and actions individuals and groups can implement to challenge biases, stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination, and promote inclusion in their communities (AC9HP10P05)
• Evaluate emotional responses in different situations to refine strategies for managing emotions (AC9HP10P06)
• Plan, justify and critique strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing (AC9HP10P10)

Syllabus outcomes: PDHPE5.3, PDHPE5.11, PDHPE5.13, PDHPE5.16.

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability.

Relevant parts of Years 9 & 10 Health and Physical Education achievement standards: Students propose and evaluate personal strategies to manage their identities, emotions and responses to change. They evaluate how attitudes and beliefs about equality, respect, diversity and inclusion influence the nature and quality of relationships. Students propose and justify strategies to manage online and offline situations where their own or others’ health, safety, relationships or wellbeing may be at risk.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – this lesson requires you to facilitate class discussions and provide students with instruction in activities

• Device capable of presenting a video to the class
• Lined paper or a small journal for each student
• Student worksheet – one per student
• Values Map – one colour copy per student (optional)
• Whiteboard