Experts Film
3 minutes
Section Aim
To listen to what experts have to say about happiness .
Film
Let the young people know that each week we are going to listen to some experts and what they have to say in relation to how the topic we are covering helps with our happiness . Introduce this week ’ s clip where we will meet our experts and listen to what they say about finding happiness . After the clip you could invite participants to respond to what they heard or ask them if anyone has any questions they would like to ask .
GOING DEEPER Happiness Survey
5 minutes
The Happiness Survey is designed for use in a small group context as a tool for participants to reflect on the impact the course content and experiments have had on them . If you want to use it within a whole class setting please do , but the results will be deeply impacted by the extent to which participants engage with the experiments .
Section Aim
To give participants the chance to reflect on and rate their own happiness ( you only need to do this if you are doing the whole course ).
Instructions
Hand out the How Happy Am I ? survey , downloadable from the Memory Stick . You can also put the question on the screen using the PowerPoint . Explain that in a moment you are going to ask them to rate how happy they are with their lives right now . Explain that their answer is private and no one else will see it unless they choose to show someone .
Questions
Taking all things together , would you say you are : not at all happy / a little unhappy / neither happy or unhappy / somewhat happy / very happy
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