Activities

الأنشـطة

Types of Action & examples

Direct Service:

Students have interaction that involves people, the environment or animals. Physical distancing guidelines are observed during face to face interactions that do not involve immediate family members.

Examples:

Creating a pictorial illustration to help a younger sibling understand why people must wear masks.
Organizing a physically-distanced birthday party for an older member of the family.
Creating safe spaces (virtual or face to face) for engaging in civil discourse related to gender, race, well-being.

Indirect Service:

Though students do not see the recipients during indirect service, they have verified that their actions will benefit the community or environment.

Examples:

(Re)designing a community website.
Writing original picture books to teach a lesson.
Participating in an online forum where students can share their experiences and concerns. The teacher together with the guidance and counselling teacher can act as moderators and guide student discussions and respond to their questions. This kind of activity supports peer learning.

Note: Students should be informed that they have the option to be involved or not to be involved in this activity

Advocacy:

Students speak on behalf of a cause or concern to promote action on an issue of public interest. Examples include initiating an awareness campaign on hunger in the community, performing a play on replacing bullying with respect, or creating a video on sustainable water solutions.

Examples:

Creating posters for the virtual or physical classroom wall to raise awareness in the school community on matters pertaining to equality and anti -racism.
Designing communications with appropriate messaging targeting different groups in order to affect social and behavioral change. This could be done in partnership with youth organizations and local school community influencers.

Research:

Students collect information through varied sources, analyse data and report on a topic of importance to influence policy or practice.

Examples:

Conducting research to raise awareness and understanding of negative behavior that has resulted as a result of the COVID -19 health crisis e.g. stigma, xenophobia and discrimination.
Discovering new places through virtual visits. Students can then do some research about these new places and write articles to inform and educate their peers. Contributing data about a specific location to research into environmental topics like waste, climate, migration etc.

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