In this Building Health & Legal Literacy lesson, students will
develop skills in relation to the concepts of health literacy, help seeking and barriers to service.
The lesson will begin with a knowledge-building
segment, discussing health literacy and the issues low health literacy can cause. Students will work in pairs to research local services across a range of health and legal categories, identifying accessibility and barriers to access. For the remainder of the lesson students will design their own service that addresses the many barriers that young people face accessing health and legal services.
Each lesson ends with a consolidation activity, inviting students to list 1
thing they have learnt from the lesson, 1 thing they already knew, 1 piece of
advice they would share with a friend, and 1 adult or organisation that would
be helpful in relation to the lesson topic.