A selection of videos with probes and prompts for discussions with your students.
This Visualization Exercise portrays a fictional story that reflects real-world issues around youth access to sexual and reproductive health services. Once students have watched the video, lead a class discussion using the following prompts:
- What concerns, stigmas, and myths do the youth in the story express?
- How are the barriers and stigmas in the story similar or different to what youth in your community, school, or class experience?
- What might be some of the direct and indirect consequences of not having access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services?
- How might youth benefit from having health services tailored to them?
While sharing this video, have students think about these questions and jot down their answers:
- What challenges did Apendiwe face before she joined the craft group? How did the craft group help?
- Why do you think it is important to foster gender equality and support women and girls?
- Explain that reducing global poverty is a complex challenge and that problems and solutions are often interconnected. What are some ways you saw this in Apendiwe’s story? (e.g. link between business, education, nutrition, health, housing, poverty.)
- The video talked about the importance of working together to find solutions. What are some ways that we, in Canada, can work together to overcome challenges in our own community? Around the globe?
While sharing this video, have students think about these questions and jot down their answers:
- What positive things are happening with David’s family?
- What challenges does his community face?
- Which of these challenges do you and your community face?
- What challenges exist in David’s community and how can we address them?
While sharing this video, have students think about these questions and jot down their answers:
- Using one word, describe how you feel after watching the video. (Determine the most common responses and discuss.)
- What are some of the challenges facing the people of Ishkashim? How did the four brothers overcome them?
- How are the farmers in this video promoting environmental sustainability?
- Give someone a fish and they will eat for a day. Teach them to fish and they will eat for a lifetime (proverb). Do you agree with this proverb? Why do you think it is important to find long-term solutions and build self-reliance?
While sharing this video, have students think about these questions and jot down their answers:
- How is climate change affecting communities in Mozambique?
- What challenges do Avelino and his community face?
- Explain to the class that there are two ways of helping, and sometimes both are needed: short-term help (a handout) and long-term help (a hand-up). What kind of help do you see in this video? How did this benefit Avelino and others in his community?
- Why is it important for people and communities to be self-reliant?
- Is food security an issue in YOUR community? Canada is a leading agricultural exporter, yet 4.4 million Canadians struggle to put food on the table. What organizations are working in your community to help ensure all households have what they need to be healthy? (Some answers can include: the Food Bank, The Breakfast Club, Meal Exchange, and Red Cross)
