Happiness Is - A Short Film About the Small Joys of Life

For use in pastoral care and values education, or in a unit on humour, this is a musical cartoon presentation about the meaning of small joys in life, and is intended for use as a stimulus for discussion about appreciation, a resource for use as a lesson starter on the need for a sense of fun and the ridiculous, and an entertaining piece for reflection about resilience and coping in everyday life. The length of the film, which is a resource I made and first used in an English unit on comedy, lasts 3 minutes 35 seconds and is a strong item as a lesson starter. Get the students to write down the “Happiness Is…” comment that they think
is most pertinent to them, and then write their own humorous description of little joys in life.