The voice of rangatahi - Student Activity

What to do

Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.

The rangatahi of Aotearoa New Zealand are concerned about the rapid increase in mental health challenges among young people. Your task is to carry out a social action to support or challenge a system related to the issue of youth mental health.

Use the following structure to present your social action:

Part One — The issue and system

Describe the issue of youth mental health.
Select a system related to mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand to challenge or support. Describe your chosen system.

Systems to support may include:

your school wellbeing policy and processes
kaupapa Māori mental health services
youth-targeted mental health services
positive social media protocol
community led services such as whānau, hapū, and iwi led initiatives.

Systems to challenge may include:

your school wellbeing policy and processes
components of the public health system, eg, Te Whatu Ora mental health service provision
negative social media protocol
outdated mental health legislation.

Part Two — Social Action

Describe the social action you will take to either support or challenge a system related to the issue of youth mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand. Describe the aim of this social action by outlining what it hopes to achieve in relation to the issue.
Plan how this chosen social action could be carried out using a framework or model. For example, if using a kaupapa Māori framework you might consider ways of working such as titiro, whakarongo, kōrero (look, listen, and then speak), mahi tahi (working collaboratively), or the tuakana-teina mentoring model. You might consider guiding principles such as whanaungatanga, whakamana, manaakitanga, and/or pono which could inform and guide your social action.
Collect, annotate, and store evidence as you carry out your social action. This could be photographs, screenshots, videos, and/or audio recordings.

Part Three — Reflection on your social action

Explain the impacts of your social action on the system you were supporting or challenging. What were the direct effects of your social action on individuals and groups? In what ways did it support or challenge the chosen system related to youth mental health?
Evaluate how suitable your social action was in supporting or challenging your chosen system. What aspects of your framework or model, for example, a kaupapa Māori approach, were helpful? How authentic was your social action? What aspects of your social action were effective? To what extent did the social action undertaken help to support or challenge the chosen system related to youth mental health?

You must use evidence to develop the explanation throughout your presentation.

The rangatahi of Aotearoa New Zealand are concerned about the rapid increase in mental health challenges among young people. Your task is to carry out a social action to support or challenge a system related to the issue of youth mental health.

Use the following structure to present your social action:

Part One — The issue and system

Describe the issue of youth mental health.
Select a system related to mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand to challenge or support. Describe your chosen system.

Systems to support may include:

your school wellbeing policy and processes
kaupapa Māori mental health services
youth-targeted mental health services
positive social media protocol
community led services such as whānau, hapū, and iwi led initiatives.

Systems to challenge may include:

your school wellbeing policy and processes
components of the public health system, eg, Te Whatu Ora mental health service provision
negative social media protocol
outdated mental health legislation.

Part Two — Social Action

Describe the social action you will take to either support or challenge a system related to the issue of youth mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand. Describe the aim of this social action by outlining what it hopes to achieve in relation to the issue.
Plan how this chosen social action could be carried out using a framework or model. For example, if using a kaupapa Māori framework you might consider ways of working such as titiro, whakarongo, kōrero (look, listen, and then speak), mahi tahi (working collaboratively), or the tuakana-teina mentoring model. You might consider guiding principles such as whanaungatanga, whakamana, manaakitanga, and/or pono which could inform and guide your social action.
Collect, annotate, and store evidence as you carry out your social action. This could be photographs, screenshots, videos, and/or audio recordings.

Part Three — Reflection on your social action

Explain the impacts of your social action on the system you were supporting or challenging. What were the direct effects of your social action on individuals and groups? In what ways did it support or challenge the chosen system related to youth mental health?
Evaluate how suitable your social action was in supporting or challenging your chosen system. What aspects of your framework or model, for example, a kaupapa Māori approach, were helpful? How authentic was your social action? What aspects of your social action were effective? To what extent did the social action undertaken help to support or challenge the chosen system related to youth mental health?

You must use evidence to develop the explanation throughout your presentation.

How to present your learning

Your presentation could be presented in a variety of different ways, including but not limited to:

an oral presentation (3-4 minutes)
a written presentation (750-800 words)
a digital presentation (video, slideshow, animation, web page, or diagram)
a combination of the above.

Before you proceed, check with your kaiako to ensure the mode of presentation allows you to meet the criteria at all levels of achievement.

Your presentation could be presented in a variety of different ways, including but not limited to:

an oral presentation (3-4 minutes)
a written presentation (750-800 words)
a digital presentation (video, slideshow, animation, web page, or diagram)
a combination of the above.

Before you proceed, check with your kaiako to ensure the mode of presentation allows you to meet the criteria at all levels of achievement.

Timeframe

Your kaiako will provide details of the assessment duration and checkpoints, and the final submission date.

Getting started

Before starting this Assessment Activity:

collect more information related to the issue, perspectives, impacts, and implications to supplement what your kaiako has provided
discuss how different social studies concepts are relevant to your chosen issue and social action. Some concepts you could apply include:
- rights
- responsibilities
- power
- tuakiritanga
- kotahitanga
- change
- society
- democracy
- participation.

Before starting this Assessment Activity:

collect more information related to the issue, perspectives, impacts, and implications to supplement what your kaiako has provided
discuss how different social studies concepts are relevant to your chosen issue and social action. Some concepts you could apply include:
- rights
- responsibilities
- power
- tuakiritanga
- kotahitanga
- change
- society
- democracy
- participation.