Grade 6 on Influencers

Yesterday I had a lovely lesson with Grade 6 focused on Peace Influencers. Students researched historical figures, and I used the opportunity to ask them to co-construct success criteria for an influencer. They came up with:

1. Creates positive change

2. Is educated in their area

3. Shows persistence

4. Shows patience

5. Demonstrates optimism

Afterwards, each student chose a modern-day influencer they follow and evaluated them from 0–5 against the criteria.

At the end of the lesson, I asked: “Who do you trust?” They wrote a short piece explaining why the person they initially chose is or isn’t—trustworthy.

Tomorrow we will take the next step: evaluating ourselves against the same criteria. I hope I will manage to win over the egocentric puberty and make them reflect on their influence over those around them.