Lesson plans


WOW Lesson Plans

World Orphan Week is a great opportunity for pupils to learn more about the issues facing children around the world, but also a great way to show them that they can really make a difference to another child’s life. The following fun and interactive lesson plans are available to download for free to make World Orphan Week more educational.

Introducing an SOS Children's Village. This lesson plan is suitable for KS1 and 2, and is a good way of introducing a Children's Village to pupils. Particularly suitable for groups of pupils who have decided to sponsor a Children's Village, as a way of learning more about it.

Piracy in Somalia - (KS 4 and above). This lesson plan explores the reasons behind why some people in Somalia hijack foreign vessels in the Indian Ocean, and ask for a ransom to let them go. It introduces why it is difficult to prosecute hijackers, and through a role play encourages students to think of different perspectives to solve the problem.

The Rights of the Child – South Africa (KS3) This lesson plan encourages pupils to think of reasons why children are orphaned and abandoned across the world in general, and then in South Africa in particular. After introducing the pupils to some basic information about South Africa, they get to hear about some of the children who have been helped by the SOS Children’s Village in Rustenburg in the context of the UN convention of the Rights of the Child. The whole lesson plan can be downloaded from here lesson plan (Zip file of PDFs), or you can select the parts of the plan you would like from the list below:

SOS Children in the USA (KS4). It makes pupils aware that orphaned and abandoned children is not a problem limited to poor countries, but also present in the developed western world. Pupils will learn about social problems in the US, and be given a good platform to discuss similar issues in the UK. The whole lesson plan can be downloaded from here Lesson Plan (Zip file of PDFs), or you can select the parts of the plan you would like from the list below:

India(KS 2-3 and KS4 and above). This lesson is available in two versions. For the younger ones, it introduces India followed by an activity to examine the pupils own attitudes towards child labour. Pupils are also asked to think about ways to stop child labour. The lesson also introduces pupils to the situation of a family helped by SOS Children’s Villages in India. For the older age group, the lesson also includes a role play activity, where pupils are allocated roles to re-enact a discussion about child labour in a small community in India, which will make them see that there are many sides to this problem. The whole lesson plan can be downloaded from here India Lesson Plan (Zip file of PDFs), or you can select the parts of the plan you would like from the list below: The rights of the child – Senegal (KS 2-3). This lesson encourages pupils to think of which rights they have, and which rights children living on the street in Senegal are denied. Using flashcards, they will develop their team work skills in groups by dividing the cards in to groups of things they agree they want and need. Finally, the lesson introduces the SOS Children’s Village in Louga, Senegal, which gives pupils an opportunity to understand that children elsewhere can have access to the same rights as children in the UK, even if they are orphaned or abandoned. A Zipped file of the whole plan is available to download. Individual parts of the lesson plans in PDF format, except for the photograph which is a JPG, can be downloaded here: Child soldiers – Uganda (KS 4 and above). This lesson teaches pupils about Uganda in eastern Africa. It introduces the topic of child soldiers, and lets pupils imagine what it would be like to be child soldiers by engaging them in a group activity based on real stories by child soldiers. The lesson also encourages discussion around what we can do here in the UK to stop the use of child soldiers. It uses examples and photos of the work of SOS Children’s Village in Gulu, northern Uganda, to show how former child soldiers are re-integrated in to their communities. A Zipped file of the whole plan is available to download. Individual parts of the lesson plans in PDF format, except for the photograph which is a JPG, can be downloaded here: HIV/AIDS – Malawi (KS 4 and above). This lesson teaches pupils about the origin of the HIV virus, and how the spread of the virus affects the Malawian society. It uses group work to let pupils imagine what it would be like to work for SOS Children’s Villages in Malawi, and which situations they would face working with HIV/AIDS affected people there. It also introduces how HIV/AIDS affects the society and the economy in ways different to other diseases. A Zipped file of the whole plan is available to download. Individual parts of the lesson plans in PDF format can be downloaded here: Build a Children’s Village – Angola (pre-school, KS1-3). This lesson uses illustrations to encourage pupils in groups to think of how they’d like a children’s village to be. Listening to instructions read out by the teacher, they get to ‘create’ their own children’s village in Angola using flashcards with illustrations. The end of the lesson is an opportunity to look at what a real village looks like. A Zipped file of the whole plan is available to download. Individual parts of the lesson plans in PDF format, except for the photograph which is a JPG, can be downloaded here:

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