Informative Or Just Information?

This lesson researches influencers to find helpful information for addressing a series of real world questions posed by young people.

Learning intentions:

  • Develop media literacy skills with respect to relationships and sexual health information
  • Differentiate between reliable and unreliable sources of information about relationships and sexual health
  • Assess the quality of information presented by online Influencers using a range of evidence based criteria

Digital Educator: Chloe

  • 12-30 learners

    Class size

  • 9+

    Year Level

  • 60 minutes

    Course duration

  • Two

    Student Handouts

    Preparing for the lesson

    Information
    Resources
    ACHPE Objectives
    UNESCO Objectives
    Safety & Wellbeing
    Sequence
    Extension
    In this Informative Or Just Information? lesson, students will be explore the work of Relationships and Sexuality Influencers and the concept of reliability. 

    Students will read a news article about the rise in young people seeking health advice from Influencers, before discussing how to determine the reliability of information on social media. Students will then work in small groups to research a number of high profile Influencers, scoring them on Reliability Criteria. Using their skills of critical inquiry they will determine which Influencers might be suitable to address a number of real world scenarios. 

    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.  

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    Student Printouts

    Additional Student Resources

    AC9HP10P09: Critique health information, services and media messaging about relationships, lifestyle choices, health decisions and behaviours to evaluate their influence on individual attitudes and actions. 
    • Critiquing health information and services that provide advice and support on issues targeted at specific groups of young people.
    • Discussing how the portrayal of sexual relationships in online content may influence people’s beliefs about respectful, safe and consensual relationships.
    Key Concept 5: Skills for Health and Wellbeing
    5.4 Media Literacy and Sexuality. 
    • Key idea: Media can positively or negatively influence values, attitudes, and norms about sexuality and gender.


    5.5 Finding Help and Support.
    • Key idea: It’s important to assess sources of help and support, including services and media sources, in order to access quality information and services.
    • Students will be using devices to access Instagram, TikTok, X, or Facebook. It is wise to roam around the room checking in on groups and ensuring they are on task. Alternately, you can access a platform on the main device and go through the accounts on the screen while students complete the worksheet.
    • Students in your class may already be struggling with the issues in the scenarios or with accessing health care services. Be prepared to use protective interrupting if students are disclosing information that is very personal.
    • There is benefit to young people hearing from their peers about issues and help seeking. This can normalise accessing support. If students are a close group and are sharing with more of a focus on the experience of accessing information as opposed to the details of why they were accessing it you should allow the students to share. 
    Ideally, you will have scope to deliver all of the lessons in your program. However we understand that many schools have limited capacity to do so. Should you find yourself having to implement part of this program, we have provided a suggested sequence of lessons within the broader skills and knowledge categories of relationship, consent, gender, and health & legal literacy. We recommend delivering at least one lesson from each category.

    1. Group Agreements & Pod Mapping should be the first lesson as per best practice.

    • Students can create an awareness poster or campaign highlighting the issues of influencers and Relationships and Sexual Health information.
    • Students can create their own informative videos after researching a topic. 
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