WE Create Change Secondary Lesson Package for Scotland

Clean water isn’t a luxury, it’s a basic human right. But millions of people around the world don’t live near a reliable, clean water source, or have access to sanitary washing facilities, leaving them at risk of illness and deadly disease. Improving access to clean water is one of the quickest and most crucial ways to lift a community out of poverty. It reduces illness, allows girls to go to school (girls are generally tasked with retrieving the family’s water) and leads to better agriculture and access to food.

These lessons will introduce students to the issue of clean water in developing communities in Free The Children’s WE Villages countries. By looking at the value of clean, safe water around the world, students will learn about the importance of access to clean water and how they can take action, and collect coins through WE Create Change. These lessons are grounded in the WE Schools Learning Framework ensuring students develop the core skill sets they need to become young leaders and help build a better global community.

This lesson package has been designed to meet the Experiences and Outcomes set out in Curriculum for Excellence. It follows the principles of “Getting it Right for Every Child” (GIRFEC) by developing the promotion and support of the eight Well-being Indicators. Where possible, Scottish resources and references have been used to ensure it is relevant to young people in Scotland today. Each lesson in the package is organised into starters, main activities and plenaries, with suggestions for differentiation. Clear learning objectives and success criteria following Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning ensure progression within each lesson and the package as a whole.

These lessons develop many aspects of character education with a holistic and tangible approach, encompassing local and global social awareness and action, and empowering young people to make positive changes in the world around them.