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Different perspectives on water (p. 24-25) Materials included in this document: • Teacher’s Notes: Setting up the activity • Role Cards • Student Handout (includes “Tweet” response template) Teacher’s Notes: Setting up the activity Preparation: • Photocopy two of each Role Card page, and cut out each card. • Photocopy enough Student Handouts for each class member. • Collect a range of photos of water (for example: could cut out or photocopy images from Get Connected: Water in the world). • Collect a large piece of paper, and a range of pens. Activity: Organise students into a circle. Give each student a Student Handout. (a) Have a large piece of paper and pens in the centre. Ask students to sit in silence, and pass around water photos for them to look at. After students have had some time to look at a few photos, ask them to come to the centre and write on the paper their response to the statement “Water is important to me because...” Display the paper so the class can see each other’s responses. (b) Randomly distribute a role card to each student. Ask students to complete the “Response” section of the Student Handout, writing a “Tweet” about water from the perspective identified in their role card. Ask students to cut/tear off the “Response” section of their handout. They should screw their “Tweet” into a snowball. On the word “go”, students should toss their snowballs into the centre of the circle, and pick up someone else’s. Students should share these new perspectives on water with the class by reading out the “Tweet” they picked up. (c) Ask students to discuss the different views they have heard. Encourage students to share a new personal perspective with the class by saying “I used to think .....but now I think ..... ” © 2013 World Vision Australia. This resource may be copied for educational use. World Vision Australia ABN 28 004 778 081 is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Ref # 7017 Page 1/3 connected A Global Education resource from World Vision Water in the world
Transcript of Teacher’s Notes: Setting up the activity
Different perspectives on water (p. 24-25)
Materials included in this document:
• Teacher’sNotes:Settinguptheactivity
• RoleCards
• StudentHandout(includes“Tweet”responsetemplate)
Teacher’s Notes: Setting up the activity
Preparation:
• PhotocopytwoofeachRoleCardpage,andcutouteachcard.
• PhotocopyenoughStudentHandoutsforeachclassmember.
• Collectarangeofphotosofwater(forexample:couldcutoutorphotocopyimagesfromGet Connected: Water in the world).
• Collectalargepieceofpaper,andarangeofpens.
Activity:
Organisestudentsintoacircle.GiveeachstudentaStudentHandout.
(a) Havealargepieceofpaperandpensinthecentre.Askstudentstositinsilence,andpassaroundwaterphotosforthemto lookat.Afterstudentshavehadsometimetolookatafewphotos,askthemtocometothecentreandwriteonthepaper theirresponsetothestatement“Waterisimportanttomebecause...”Displaythepapersotheclasscanseeeach other’sresponses.
(b) Randomlydistributearolecardtoeachstudent.Askstudentstocompletethe“Response”sectionoftheStudentHandout, writinga“Tweet”aboutwaterfromtheperspectiveidentifiedintheirrolecard.Askstudentstocut/tearoffthe“Response” sectionoftheirhandout.Theyshouldscrewtheir“Tweet”intoasnowball.Ontheword“go”,studentsshouldtosstheir snowballsintothecentreofthecircle,andpickupsomeoneelse’s.Studentsshouldsharethesenewperspectivesonwater withtheclassbyreadingoutthe“Tweet”theypickedup.
(c) Askstudentstodiscussthedifferentviewstheyhaveheard.Encouragestudentstoshareanewpersonalperspectivewith theclassbysaying“Iusedtothink.....butnowIthink.....”
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Role cards for students
YouareayounggirlinavillageinNiger.Afewyearsagotherewasnowellinyourvillage.Youhadtowalkseveralkilometrestwiceadaytocollectwaterfromariver.Youcarriedbucketsofwaterhomeandthenwalkedtoschool.Allthisjusttogetwatertodrink.
YouareamotherinIndonesia.Youneedfreshwatertocookwith.Youcollectbucketsofwaterfromawellinthevillage.Youmakeseveraltripstothewelleveryday.Youhaveheardofothermothersintheworldwhohaveatapintheirhome!Youwonderhowmucheasierthatwouldbeandhowmuchhealthieryourfamilywouldbe.
Youareyourself–livinginAustralia.Youhavewaterwheneveryouwantit.Yougroanwhenyourparentsremindyoutowashyourhandsaftergoingtothetoiletandbeforeeating.Youhavebeenlearningatschoolabouthowkidselsewhereintheworldgetsickandsometimesdiewhentheydrinkpollutedwater.Youknowthatdiseasespreadsquicklywhenpeoplecan’twashtheirhandswithsoapandwaterorusewatertoflushatoilet.
YouareafarmerinIndonesia.Youneedwatertohelpcropsgrowandforyourfarmanimalstodrink.Whenwaterisavailable,yourcropsandanimalsgrowwellandyoucanfeedyourfamily.Sometimesyoucangrowmorethanyouneed–thenyoucantakeextravegetablestothemarket.Extramoneycanbeusedtobuyclothes,schoolsuppliesandvisitthedoctorifneeded.
YouareafarmerinAustralia.Yourelyonwaterbeingpumpedfromabigdamtoyourfarm.Youhavetopaythegovernmenttodothisbutitisworthitifyourcropsgrowbetterandyieldmoretoselltothebigsupermarketthatbuysyourvegetables.Whenwaterisscarceorcoststoomuchtobuy,youmakelessmoney.Thismakesithardforyourwholefamily.
YouworkforUNESCO,theUnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganisation,inthe“WaterforPeace”department.Yourjobistohelpdifferentcountriestoworktogethertosharewater.Sometimestheyfightoverwhoownsthewaterinariverorlake.Byhelpingcountriestoshare,youaidthemincooperatingoverotherthingsaswell–suchashelpingthemtopartnertogethertogetbetterschools,hospitalsandroadsfortheirpeople.Youbelievethatwithfreshwater,millionsofpeopleallovertheworldcanlivebetter,healthierlives.Youknowthatcooperationoverwatercanhelptoachievepeaceinmanypartsoftheworld.
Yourepresentthenaturalecosystemsoftheworld.Yourjobistoremindeveryonethatkeepingwaterfortheworld’snaturalenvironmentsiscrucial.Allplantandanimalspecies,foundinadiversearrayofecosystems,alsoneedwatertoliveandthrive.AhealthyplanetisgoodforallpeopleonEarth.
Youareawatertrader.Thismeansthatyoubuyandsellwater.Youliketomakeaprofit.Youbelievethatwaterisacommodity–itisatradablegoodlikeanythingelse.Ifpeople,businessesandgovernmentswantit,theyshouldpayforit.
Youandyourfriendswantwaterforleisureactivities.Youliketohavefreshwaterforswimming,water-skiing,fishingandcampingnearby.Itisimportantforyouandyourfamilytoenjoyactivitiesclosetothewater.
YouoperateafactoryinAustralia.Youneedwatertodothis.Yourfactoryneedsgreatamountsofelectricity,whichisgeneratedusingpowerfromwater(hydroelectricity).Youprovidemanyjobsforlocalpeople.Withoutwater,youcan’tmakeproducts,makeaprofitoremploypeople.
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Student Handout
Thisisawholeclassactivity.Startoffbysittinginacircle.
(a) Insilence,passaroundtheimagesofwatergiventoyoubyyourteacher.Onthelargesheetofpaperinthecentreofthecircle addyouropiniontothestatement:
Water is important to me because...
(b) Selectawaterperspectivesrolecard.Readthecardandthinkabouttheperspectiveonwateritraises.
Usingthetemplatebelow,writea“Tweet”whichsummarisestheperspectiveonthecard.RemovetheResponsesectionofthe page.Youwillbeaskedtopassyourresponsetosomeoneelseintheclass.
Whenyouhavereceivedsomeoneelse’s“Tweet”,sharethatperspectiveonwaterwiththeclass.
(c) Afteryouhavelistenedtoallthedifferentpointsofview,considerwhetherthischangesyourpersonalperspectiveonwaterin anyway.Shareyourthoughtswiththerestofyourclass.Youmaywanttophraseyourresponselikethis:“Iusedtothink...but nowIthink...”
Response
Water is important to me because...
Writea“Tweet”(nomorethan140characters)describingtheimportanceofwaterfromtheperspectiveonyourrolecard.
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