Learning Experience 9: Making Change | WLU Press Educator Guides

Learning Goal: Thinking about what matters and advocating for change.

TASK	SUGGESTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Gather	• How can I be the change I wish to see in the world and live by the way of Ubuntu? • What is advocacy? Consideration: Ubuntu meaning “I am because you are”.
Synthesize	• In groups of three students will explore The Advocacy Toolkit with a partner or in a group of 3 in the computer lab • In exploring they will see stories of young people standing up for their rights and advocating for change
Transfer	• What do you want to change? What do you want to advocate for? • Each group will use the worksheet below to find 3 sources which speak to the topic they want to advocate for. They will evaluate the source’s accuracy/validity using Social Media Smarts: Fact vs Fiction.