The Oasis - Planning Action

After forming project groups based on common interests, students plan their social action project. Students record their planning and action in photographs or video, so that they can exhibit the steps they took to carry out their project and report the results that they were able to achieve. The action students plan should be achievable within the time limits set, and could be as simple as creating a short film to inform a wider audience about the causes and/or effects of youth homelessness. This is the second of three Social Action Project lessons, all of which provide a framework for developing, planning and carrying out social action.

Key ideas to explore:

• Homelessness is an issue that can be faced by young people.
• The reasons that young people experience homelessness are varied.
• The issue of homelessness is multi-faceted and complicated.
• Students have the ability to make positive change in their own world.