Roots & Shoots - Take Action

Roots & Shoots - Take Action

Lesson 7 of 8 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 6
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Lesson summary

Students develop a social action project to address a humanitarian or environmental issue they have noticed in their neighbourhood. Students begin by looking at the problems they have noticed in their neighbourhood, then they select one problem and brainstorm ideas around taking action to address this problem. They then select one action and develop and implement a social action project around this action.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • understand the processes required for planning and implementing a social action project

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • realise they have the ability to create change in their community
  • plan and assess a project
  • work collaboratively

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Curriculum mapping

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 3 HASS:

  • Interact with others with respect to share points of view (ACHASSI059)
  • Reflect on learning to propose actions in response to an issue or challenge and consider possible effects of proposed actions (ACHASSI060)

Year 4 HASS:

  • Interact with others with respect to share points of view (ACHASSI080)
  • Reflect on learning to propose actions in response to an issue or challenge and consider possible effects of proposed actions (ACHASSI081)

Year 5 HASS:

  • Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges (ACHASSI102)
  • Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others (ACHASSI103)
  • Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects (ACHASSI104)

Year 6 HASS:

  • Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges (ACHASSI130)
  • Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others (ACHASSI131)
  • Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects (ACHASSI132)

NESA and VCAA: Click here for NESA and VCAA curriculum links for this lesson

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability

Relevant parts of Year 3 HASS achievement standards: Students reflect on their learning to suggest individual action in response to an issue or challenge.

Relevant parts of Year 4 HASS achievement standards: Students reflect on their learning to propose action in response to an issue or challenge, and identify the possible effects of their proposed action.

Relevant parts of Year 5 HASS achievement standards: Students work with others to generate alternative responses to an issue or challenge and reflect on their learning to independently propose action, describing the possible effects of their proposed action.

Relevant parts of Year 6 HASS achievement standards: Students collaboratively generate alternative responses to an issue, use criteria to make decisions and identify the advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others. They reflect on their learning to propose action in response to an issue or challenge and describe the probable effects of their proposal.

Unit of work: Roots & Shoots – Upper Primary

Time required: 160+ mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – lead students through designing and delivering social action project

Resources required

Skills

  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Community engagement
  • Creativity
  • Critical thinking
  • Social skills
  • Problem solving

Additional info

This lesson has been developed in partnership with Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program. Roots & Shoots is a global youth-led program of young people taking action to improve our world. By participating in this lesson, you and your students will be joining thousands of young people and teachers working to make positive change in our world.

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