DonateLife: Motivation To Give - HPE - Years 9 & 10

Activity Introduction

Subjects: Health and Physical Education

Year level: Years 9 & 10

Topics: Ethics, Social Issues, Health & Wellbeing, Organ and Tissue Donation

Teaching time: 75 minutes

Quick summary: In this lesson, students explore the concept of altruism and connect it to the issue of organ and tissue donation in Australia. Myth-busting activities help them improve their understanding of organ and tissue donation and to help them respond to any resistance or misinformation they may encounter. Students will create a visual aid to help others understand the truth about organ donation.

This lesson has been created in partnership with DonateLife to get young Australians talking about organ and tissue donation.

Organ, eye and tissue donation saves lives, restores health and improves the quality of life for thousands of Australians each year. But did you know that only 2% of people who die in hospitals each year can be considered for organ donation? One organ donor can save the lives of up to seven people and help many more through eye and tissue donation.

21st-century skills:

Australian Curriculum Mapping

Years 9 & 10

Content descriptions:

Years 9 & 10 Health and Physical Education:

Evaluate situations and propose appropriate emotional responses and then reflect on possible outcomes of different responses (ACPPS094)

Syllabus outcomes: PDHPE5.3, PDHPE5.11, PDHPE5.13, PDHPE5.16

General capabilities: Literacy, Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Years 9 & 10 achievement standards: Students evaluate the outcomes of emotional responses to different situations. Students access, synthesise and apply health information from credible sources to propose and justify responses to health situations.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work DonateLife: Exploring Organ and Tissue Donation – Years 9 & 10.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – teacher will introduce activities and facilitate class discussions.

Resources required:

A device capable of presenting a video to the class
Student devices capable of creating digital visual texts
Student Worksheets – one copy per student.

Cool Australia’s curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum.

Worksheets

Teacher Worksheet

Teacher Preparation

Learning intentions: Students will...

… understand what altruism is
… reflect upon their own altruistic tendencies
… learn about organ donation in Australia
… understand reasons why people donate their organs and/or tissues.

Success criteria: Students can…

… define and give examples of altruism
... create visually appealing myth-busting materials
… communicate effectively to encourage altruism.

Teacher content information:

Organ and tissue donation in Australia is an anonymous act (unless it is a living donation of a kidney or partial liver to a friend or family member). The donor is deceased and the identity of the organ or tissue recipient is not disclosed to the donor’s family. However, an organ donor’s family and the recipient can correspond anonymously if they choose, through their local DonateLife office and transplant coordinator.

It’s not just organ donors who give a life-saving gift to the recipient. Their families (for deceased

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Student Worksheet

DonateLife - Motivation To Give

Learning intentions: You will...

… understand what altruism is
… reflect upon your own altruistic tendencies
… learn about organ donation in Australia
… understand reasons why people donate their organs and/or tissues.

Success criteria: You can…

… define and give examples of altruism
... create visually appealing myth-busting materials
… communicate effectively to encourage altruism.

Exploring Altruism

Altruism is, “the unselfish concern for other people—doing things simply out of a desire to help, not because you feel obligated to out of duty, loyalty, or religious reasons. It involves acting out of concern for the well-being of other people.” (Very Well Mind)

1. Watch this video and list three reasons people may act altruistically:

Altruism | Ethics Defined (https://youtu.be/gJEhog-vZKU)

Organ And Tissue Donation

2. List as many examples of altruistic behaviours as you can think of:

3. Watch this video

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Activity: DonateLife: Motivation To Give – HPE – Years 9 & 10