The Hidden Impact of Acts of Kindness on Social Media

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• communication
• empathy

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

• Investigate how media and influential people impact attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours in relation to health, safety, relationships and wellbeing (AC9HP8P09)

General capabilities: Literacy, Personal and Social Capability

Syllabus outcomes: PD4-3

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 achievement standards: Students analyse how stereotypes, respect, empathy and valuing diversity influence relationships.

UN SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

• Target 1.1: By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day.

• Factsheet - Dignity in Compassionate Giving
• Device capable of sharing a video with the class
• Individual devices capable of accessing the internet (1 per student)
• Writing materials (lined paper and pens)

This lesson has been developed with the support of The Life You Can Save.

The Life You Can Save conducts research to identify non-profits running highly impactful programs that address the multiple dimensions of poverty. They also help connect people who want to donate money and resources with these non-profits to maximise the impact of their gifts. They aim to create a world where everyone has an opportunity to build a better life and where there’s no suffering or death due to extreme poverty. The Life You Can Save was founded by Melbourne-born Peter Singer, widely recognised as one of the world’s most influential contemporary philosophers, to advance the ideas in his 2009 book The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty (republished 2019). Since then, they’ve worked to introduce the ideas from Professor Singer’s book to new audiences, inspiring people to help others experiencing poverty around the world and empowering them to make the greatest impact possible.

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