Module 3: WHAT FOR?

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topic development

Give the class worksheet 5 (pages 25/27) From getting to giving and look through the lists one at a time with them. They should mark those they respond to and add any ideas of their own.

Display a world map and have some current newspapers for the class to look at. Ask them the following questions, writing down the main points on the board:

• Where is there starvation and homelessness in the world today?
• Where are there conflicts?
• What are they about?
• What is being done to try to solve them?

The pupils should now answer questions 1-4 on the worksheet which will help them to relate their own experience to problems in the world.

When this has been done, discuss the answers with the class.

Give out resource sheet 6 (page 28) He went to help so that the class can answer questions 5-8 on the worksheet. This is a story of a young man who used his time and training to help in a developing country.

Moving from the choice of career and training towards the consideration of an overall purpose in life, it would be helpful to look once more at the topic Dreams (pp 16-19) and for each to re-read what he/she wrote at that time or to do that exercise now. Vision for the future and goals are essential elements of finding a purpose in life.

Finally return to the worksheet and answer question 9.