Brendon: ‘We learned about issues that happened in the world and how people are taking action to pressure the government or other people to make a change.’

Anise: ‘I liked this unit because I got to know about the issues in Hong Kong and what I can do to change them. I feel like it is my favourite unit yet because I feel like it boosted my knowledge. I am inspired to take more action.’

Ava: ‘I feel that this unit has helped me prepare for exhibition because when I made my ignite speech, I chose to do it on bears which helped me with my research for Exhibition.’

Chloe: ‘I think this unit was very interesting and one of the best units yet because we got to write our own speech. We had a few guest speakers and public speaking workshops that i learnt a lot from as well.’

Jonathan: ‘I learned how to use iMovie because I didn’t know how, but I know now.’

Agatha: ‘I learned how to write a speech. I also learned lots about different issues in the world. I learned that taking action isn’t just donating but its following your passion and dream, and that you don’t need a pacific skill to do something.’

Shannon: ‘After what I’ve learnt about persuasive strategies, I am inspired to do more persuasive writing. I think knowing what an activist is is helpful because I know what it takes to become one. Also knowing how to write an effective speech may be helpful for me in the future. Lastly, learning how to become a leader is handy.’

Max: ‘Even 1 voice can become powerful. I am now inspired to take action and to be an activist.’

Trevis: ‘One thing that I will take away from this unit is what I’ve learned from the speech. I have learned lots of different persuasive tools like, big names, research, pathos, logos etc. I have also learned how to present a speech well by using lots of emotions, good body language and a clear voice. Something else I will take away from this unit is all the knowledge I have acquired about poverty and activism.’

Zara: ‘I feel that this unit was a great opportunity for me to take action, raise awareness and create an impact in my community. I have inquired a lot throughout the unit and so did everyone else. I heard about some great sustainable service opportunities and very much enjoyed this unit.’

Jayden: ‘I feel that I have learnt more about our world throughout this unit. In particular, when I did research about global warming and extreme weather, I found out that 40% of insects species are dying because of global warming. When I inquired throughout the unit, I was astonished and stunned when I learnt that there are many children activists who are working to change and save the world. Every human that does something affects our community or even our world. When one person is polluting, it increases the damage to our world and speeds up the extinction of human-kind and living things.’

James: ‘ My big takeaways are the speech and from Jordan Hattar’s presentations. From the speech I became an activist and talked about an issue that I am interested in, this got me to be more confident in how I speak and act. Jordan Hattar talked about the refugees at the camp he visited, and the ripple effect where one group of students raised money for a cabin at the refugee camp and now all the refugees at the camp have cabins to stay in.’

Coco: ‘Because we were able to pick what topic we could do our speech about, I feel like we had a bit more freedom. I felt like i had more fun than someone just giving me a topic that I am completely not interested in. Since we were able to do it about something we were interested in, I felt like I had more information on hand. I feel like the videos and presentations were really helpful since it gave us ideas of how to make our speeches better.’

Christie: ‘It has inspired me to take action for what I believe in. Not only that, this unit has made me more aware of the issues in the world and that if we want change in the world, we must do it ourselves. The skills that I thought were useful was to be an inquirer and a communicator. You would have to inquiry into your subject and being able to have a deep understanding about it. Then later on, you would have to share your message with others. ‘

Estelle: ‘I thought this unit was fun, because we learnt about different types of activists, and we got to do an activist speech. I am a mental health activist.’

Alexis: ‘I really enjoyed this unit because I enjoyed writing speeches.’

Darren: ‘I liked this unit because it has helped me build up the confidence to raise awareness. I learned how to raise awareness to inspire others to help and use iMovie and edit videos.’

Morning: ‘I felt that this unit involved a lot of action, and also included a lot of thinking. I learnt a lot on about persuasive strategies and how to use them. ‘

Kamila: ‘I think writing a speech was hard but fun. One of my big learning takeaways was that kids can make a big difference. Learning more about what our school does was interesting. We learned about service opportunities and how to be a good global citizen.’

Mischa: ‘In this unit I learnt more about persuasive writing strategies such as rhetorical, emotive and reason techniques. I also learnt other signal words and transitional phrases. Another thing I learnt about was famous activists and what problems they stood up against. The thinking skills that helped me were creating (I created a speech), justify (standing against parent and school pressure), analysing (organising research), apply (applying experience in my speech), understand (explaining concepts) and remember (used with apply). ‘

Tammi: ‘I learned what activists are and what they do; different persuasive strategies (pathos, ethos, logos, big names); concentric circles; the format of a speech and how to speak like an activist (literally lol) and about different clubs at CDNIS that can probably help me with my exhibition.’