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Life After The Oasis - Factors of Homelessness
Lesson1 of 6 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10Health and Physical EducationHealthPhysical EducationSocialEqualityHomelessnessMental HealthPhysical Health
Lesson Summary
This lesson explores the understandings that young people have about homelessness and identifies the various factors that contribute to a person becoming homeless. Students will work in small groups, completing a Think, Pair, Share visible thinking routine to share their understanding, while developing explanation and reasoning skills. They will then watch the opening scene of Life After The Oasis documentary, to help highlight the factors associated with youth homelessness, investigating health data about the current state of youth homelessness in Australia.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- develop reasoning and explanation skills
- explore the various perspectives that people have about homelessness
- understand the various factors that contribute to homelessness
- access and analyse health data, to better understand the state of homelessness in Australia
Success criteria
Students can:
- explore the beliefs about homelessness from various perspectives
- identify the key themes associated with homelessness
- identify some of the factors that contribute to homelessness
- locate and interpret health information about homelessness from credible and reliable sources
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