Year 10 Health – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Personal Identity and Change in Adolescence

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Year 10 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Personal Identity and Change in Adolescence”.

This unit explores the complex nature of personal identity development during adolescence, examining how various factors influence identity formation and the changes young people experience.

Lesson sequence (10 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Exploring What Makes Me Unique: Understanding Personal Identity
2. Mapping My Identity: Values, Beliefs and Personal Characteristics
3. Understanding Physical and Emotional Changes in Adolescence
4. How Relationships Shape Who I Am: Family, Friends and Peer Influence
5. Cultural Identity and Heritage: How Background Influences Personal Development
6. Digital Identity vs Real Identity: Managing Online and Offline Personas
7. Developing Personal Values and Making Independent Decisions
8. Building Resilience Through Times of Change and Challenge
9. Setting Personal Goals for Growth and Future Identity Development
10. Celebrating Growth: Reflecting on Personal Change and Identity Journey

Curriculum codes in this unit

SCSA codes for this unit are folded into the lesson sequence above rather than listed separately.

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 1

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 1 runs from Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April — 9 weeks for WA public schools. With 10 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.