Introduction to the Community Challenge

What is community?Lesson 1

Definition of “Community”

Video resources

Ponder the following questions while you watch the videos.

Why would someone engage with a community group/project/organisation?

What are the benefits for individuals and/or the community groups?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flyiGMNGQyA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5UBikauIQM

Your teacher may find, show and discuss topical community activities contained in the press e.g.

The French community coming together after the attacks in Paris

Locally

Regionally/Nationally

Internationally

We can all make a positive contribution to a community …..

You are part of a local community, whether that be your…

Home School Club Society Family Etc…

Local

In groups of 4/5 discuss and share what LOCAL communities you are part of…

You have 3 mins and your teacher may ask some volunteers to feedback what was discussed in the groups.

Task

Regional and national groups are little more complicated but we are all part of a regional/national community..

Regional/National Organisations or Groups County Borough (e.g. Torfaen, Newport, Blaenau Gwent

etc.. Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) Football Association of Wales (FAW) Welsh Blood Service Welsh Health Boards Wildlife Trust of Wales Keep Wales Tidy Anything that has “Wales” (before or after it)

Regional/National

Using a laptop or computer, work on your own (or in small groups) to research some of the regional/national groups that exist in Wales. To make this more interesting you could look for groups related to your A/Level BTEC studies.

e.g. If you are doing Drama - look for national groups like The Arts

Council of Wales, If you are doing Geography - look at the Welsh Wildlife Trust, If you are doing any of the sciences - look at the Welsh Blood

Service If you are doing a languages - look at the Welsh Language

Commission.

You are required to spend 10 minutes researching and when your time is up you will be given a partner or partner group in the class to explain what you have found. This feedback can be visual as well as verbal.

TASK

Although we may not directly see the benefits of international community groups and organisations, the British public make a number of contributions to a number of groups/organisations e.g.

Comic Relief Water Aid Oxfam Save the panda WWF Red Cross/Red crescent Amnesty International

International

Watch the series of video adverts for international groups and storyboard your own advert that could be made to promote the international group. (Your teacher may allow paired work)

NB A storyboard is like a comic book and does not need elaborate drawings as the speech bubbles/comments underneath are important – templates are available

Task

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY6TcUzVMVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyyNCKsMSc4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6KKWj7fCB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3rZn9Lk7zo

Your teacher may have organised external speakers to speak to you about different community groups/organisations locally, regionally, nationally or internationally.