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Prejudice and Discrimination

Understand the impact of prejudice and discrimination on individuals and communities — that treating people unfairly because of their identity causes real harm — and recognise their own responsibility to stand against it

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If your child sees someone at school being excluded or teased because of their race, religion, or disability, can they explain why that's wrong and describe what they could do about it?

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Builds on
Vocabulary: social awarenessages 7–11Discussing prejudice and discrimination requires precise vocabulary to distinguish individual bias from systemic discrimination
Stereotypes and Individual Differencesages 9–11Understanding prejudice builds on recognising stereotypes
Bystanders and Upstandersages 7–9Standing against discrimination benefits from upstander skills
Prejudice and Discriminationthis skill · ages 9–11
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Systemic Inequality and Allyshipages 11–12Advanced empathy skills depends on earlier perspective-taking
Questioning Your Own Biasesages 9–11Examining biases benefits from understanding prejudice impact

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HP4P03medium confidenceYear 3–4 · Personal, social and community health

describe how choices and actions can be influenced by stereotypes

AC9HP4P05low confidenceYear 3–4 · Personal, social and community health

describe how valuing diversity influences wellbeing and identify actions that promote inclusion in their communities

AC9HP6P01low confidenceYear 5–6 · Personal, social and community health

explain how identities can be influenced by people and places, and how we can create positive self-identities

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

PH3-IHW-01medium confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 3
PH2-IHW-01low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HP4P03medium confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand
VC2HP4P05low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand
VC2HP6P01low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 5 and 6 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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