Lesson summary
This lesson will encourage students to explore their beliefs about happiness, and the various factors that contribute to their own happiness. They will explore the benefits of helping others as a source of intrinsic happiness that in turn supports the needs of others. Students will ascertain the innate strengths a person has that can be harnessed to support the needs of others and act as an agent for change to support the health and wellbeing of others. Finally, students will work in small groups to develop an action plan to address the needs of youth in their local community.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- explore personal strengths that can be used to support others
- develop an action plan to advocate for change
Success criteria:
Students can...
- identify their own and others' personal strengths, that can be used to support others
- communicate and develop ideas in a group
- develop an action plan in a group that advocates for change and supports people in need
Lesson guides and printables
Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian curriculum content descriptions:
Health and Physical Education Year 9 and 10:
- Plan, implement and critique strategies to enhance health, safety and wellbeing of their communities (ACPPS096)
Syllabus outcomes: PDHPE5.6, PDHPE5.7, PDHPE5.8
General capabilities: Literacy, Ethical Understanding, Personal and social capability
Relevant parts of Year 9 & 10 achievement standards: Students access, synthesise and apply health information from credible sources to propose and justify responses to health situations.
Unit of work: Life After The Oasis – HPE
Time required: 120+ mins
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – lead students in class discussion, guide students in project planning and implementation
Resources required
- Student Worksheets — one copy per student
- Device capable of presenting a video to the class
- Handling Sensitive Topics And Controversial Issues Factsheet (Optional)
- Sticky notes — at least 10 per student
- Character Strengths Cards — one set per group
- Health And Wellbeing Statistics Poster — one per group
- SMART Goals Factsheet (optional)
- Project Planning Tool — one per student
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- Empathy
- Initiative
- Social skills
- Problem solving
Additional info
This resource has been adapted from ‘Teaching Social Issues Through English’ developed with the English Teachers Association NSW and the ‘Youth Homelessness Matters Resource’ developed by Janice Atkin. You can find these resources here.
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