Module 2: WHO CARES?

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Activity

"Do be an angel"

Ask the pupils to write their names on a small piece of paper. This should be folded in half and put into a box.

Then explain that sometimes people say, "Do be an angel and...". Here's their chance! They are all going to be someone else's angel for a given period of time (several days.) This means that they have to find ways of being kind to the person whose name they are going to pick out of the box. However, angels are unseen. Their aim must be to care without the person suspecting. The more kind and caring
they are normally the easier they will find this exercise and vice versa! No one must tell anyone else whose angel he/she is.

When you've given the full explanation let them each pick out a name, read it to themselves and immediately throw it away in the waste-paper basket. (You may want to include your name in order to participate in the exercise.)

At the end of the given period the identity of angels can be revealed.

Guidelines for discussion

• How many guessed who was their angel?
• How many angels were undetected?
• Where angels were undetected, were people aware of extra kindnesses being done?
• What were the major difficulties experienced?
• Did anyone try being kind to everyone so as not to be detected? How successful was this?