Life After The Oasis - Activating Citizens in Our Community

In this lesson, students will complete a pre-lesson homework activity to interview three people about their views on the issue of homelessness. When they are in class, they will engage in a hexagonal thinking activity to summarise what they understand about the issue of homelessness, and its link to society and its institutions. They will share what they found out in their interviews, and analyse their discoveries in a class discussion. Students will view a short clip from the Life After The Oasis documentary that highlights the impact that social action can have, after which they will be set their own Social Action Challenge. Students will watch a short clip that explores how to change someone’s mind, then will come up with their own ideas about how to change people’s minds about the issue of homelessness. Students will work independently or with others to make their idea happen, then reflect on their work by responding to a set of questions.