Understanding Poverty and the Impact of Compassionate Giving
These resources are part of the Empathy in Action: Lessons Inspired by 'The Life You Can Save’ suite of resources, created in collaboration with The Life You Can Save.
This unit for Years 7 & 8 HASS, Understanding Poverty and the Impact of Compassionate Giving, is designed to
- engage students in activities that foster critical thinking about economic status and explore actionable solutions to poverty
- foster a sense of responsibility and empathy towards global challenges
- explore the economics behind poverty by understanding economic privilege, poverty and ethical considerations surrounding compassionate giving
- develop students’ ability to respond to economic and business issues by balancing cost and benefits
- interrogate the dynamics of running a not-for-profit organisation, including impact generation and effectiveness
- encourage young people to reflect on how they can contribute to social change beyond financial donations.
Detailed excerpts from The Life You Can Save by Professor Peter Singer are a key and unique element of these resources and help students understand the different perspectives around giving to charitable organisations.
The Life You Can Save is offering educators FREE 56-book sets to help engage students with key unit themes in this unit. Click the button below to order.
There's a flat shipping rate of $45 per set, but teachers are encouraged to contact The Life You Can Save directly if this cost is a barrier.
You can also dive deeper into unit themes with a free copy of the eBook or by enjoying the audiobook—narrated by celebrities like Kristen Bell, Paul Simon and Stephen Fry—on Spotify.
Tune In
Students explore the concept of poverty through the analysis of global statistics and researching organisations that are working to prevent poverty in the world.
Find Out
Students explore global demographics, economic disparities and the concept of privilege, leading to discussions about how to use personal advantages for positive contributions to global challenges as well as explore actionable solutions to extreme poverty and principles of effective giving.
Take Action
Students consider what it costs to run a charitable organisation effectively.
