Teacher Instruction Sheet - Building Empathy: Role Playing - Year 9 Civics and Citizenship

Resource Description

This Teacher Instruction Sheet accompanies the Citizenship in Action lesson for a Year 9 Civics and Citizenship class. In this lesson, students will discuss the role of the citizen in matters which seem beyond their own influence, interest, or knowledge. Through an exploration of the live export trade, students will question whose role it is to speak on behalf of animals in decision-making forums. Is it the role of animal protection advocates, animal-use industry representatives, the government or the public? On a related note, students will investigate the ways in which people are able to engage in discussions about important issues with governments, corporations and industries. In the role-playing activity, students will focus on building empathy by performing a range of scenarios that animals may encounter on board a live export ship.

Access the accompanying Live Export resources and lesson plans here: https://voiceless.org.au/schools/live-export/

Explore the other Voiceless Animal Protection Education toolkits here: https://voiceless.org.au/schools/

This Australian Curriculum alignment statement is based on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials, which are licensed under CC BY 4.0. The material has been modified from the Australian Curriculum website (accessed January 2020).

All activities have been created by educators for educators and are linked to the Australian Curriculum (Version 8.4). We advise teachers to consult the ACARA website for the most up-to-date curriculum outcomes.