WE Are Rafikis Primary Lesson Plan for Scotland

WE Are Rafikis is a package of lessons that teaches students about how the choices they make as consumers can make a huge impact on their local and global communities. Using ME to WE and the WE Are Rafikis campaign as case studies, pupils will learn about social enterprises and
how being a friend can mean different things. There are best friends, friends of friends and family friends. But you can also be a friend to the environment, to someone you know or someone in a community far away.

This lesson package has been designed to meet the Experiences and Outcomes set out in Curriculum for Excellence. It follows the principles of “Getting it Right for Every Child” (GIRFEC) by developing the promotion and support of the eight Well-being Indicators. Where possible, Scottish resources and references have been used to ensure it is relevant to young people in Scotland today. Each lesson in the package is organised into starters, main activities and plenaries, with suggestions for differentiation. Clear learning objectives and success criteria following Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning ensure progression within each lesson and the package as a whole.

These lessons develop many aspects of character education with a holistic and tangible approach, encompassing local and global social awareness and action, and empowering young people to make positive changes in the world around them.