Breast Cancer Awareness
Learning Resource For Secondary Schools
Breast Cancer is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed in females in Australia. Around one in nine women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
This online resource includes a series of downloadable student activities which utilise a variety of teaching strategies with facilitator guides. These are presented in the context of Health and Physical Education in the Early Adolescence phase. These documents are in Microsoft Word format which teachers are able to modify and print for classroom use.
The resource also includes a DVD, available to schools free of charge, including four video interviews of young people affected by breast cancer, either through their mother being diagnosed or themselves.
Aim of the resource
Students will develop an understanding of breast cancer; skills to find support; skills to understand the emotional state of others; and ways to care for someone with breast cancer.
Module list
Module 1 Understanding Breast Cancer
Module 2 Truths & Myths About Breast Cancer
Module 5 Raising Breast Cancer Awareness
Sensitive issues
This resource and its topic presents potential sensitive issues. It it vital that facilitators review the sensitive issues information found here prior to implementing the resouce into any program.
The videos provided portray real life stories of young people's experience of breast cancer in their families. BCFWA advises that this may cause distress to some viewers.
Learning outcomes
The breast cancer awareness resource has been mapped to the content for the learning outcomes described in the Western Australian Curriculum Framework Curriculum Guide for Health & Physical Education in the Early Adolescence Phase.
Although this resource has been designed for early adolescence, it is also suitable for the late adolescence phase.
This resource provides an opportunity for students to continue to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and values promoted in the learning area.
Additional resources
A list of resourceful links is available to facilitators and students here.
Glossary
A glossary of breast cancer related terms is available here.
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