Self Discovery: Ways to include others to make them feel they belong

Explore social issues in a playground such as sharing, inclusion and keeping the area clean and tidy. Identify actions to help children get along better. Look for positive ideas where children play together and respect social values. Review a set of rules for socially desirable behaviour.

In this teaching unit, students explore what shapes their own, their family and class group's identity. They examine similarities and differences in individuals and groups and ways to include others to make them feel they belong. Students explore the importance of celebrating who they are and respecting each other's similarities and differences. This package includes a unit plan, topic outlines and a video to help teachers unpack the content as well as resources, an assessment task and guide to making judgments, teacher notes and a model response. This unit is part of a complete set of units for Year 1 and 2 Band, Health and Physical Education - Personal, social and community health Strand.

Explore social issues in a park such as cleaning up after your pet dog. Identify actions to help children get along better. Look for positive ideas where children play well together and respect social values. Identify personal safety issues. Review a set of rules for socially responsible and desirable behaviour. This learning object is one in a series of two objects.

This learning object is designed around a series of videos with Lisa Shanahan, author, and Emma Quay, illustrator, including a reading experience of their collaborative work, Bear and Chook by the Sea. Taken as a whole, this sequence of lessons is a Stage 1 unit of work that results in students working in pairs to produce a short play for performance.

Explore social issues in a supermarket such as nagging adults for treats. Identify actions of children and adults which promote harmony. Identify personal safety issues. Look for ideas where children can positively interact with adults. Review a set of rules for socially responsible and desirable behaviour. This learning object is one in a series of two objects.

This resource is a unit of work about disability awareness with a focus on the concept of inclusion. It includes an introductory page for teachers and eight lesson plans. Each lesson has an overview, links to the Australian Curriculum, sequence of learning, activities and linked resources. Themes explored include: uniqueness, feelings, different ways of communicating, opportunities for all, participation, using spaces, different ways to learn and inclusion. Activities are supported with the use of texts. This unit of work is one part of the larger resource titled the Everyone Everyday Program.