 
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY: I CAN MAKE THE CHANGE 
 
CONTENTS 
Community Engagement Activity: I can make the change ...................................................................................... 1 
Teacher’s Section ............................................................................................................................................... 1 
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 
Expected Outcomes – ........................................................................................................................................ 1 
Steps for the Activity – ....................................................................................................................................... 1 
Print Section ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 
Case Study 1 – .................................................................................................................................................... 3 
Case Study 2 – .................................................................................................................................................... 3 
Case Study 3 – .................................................................................................................................................... 3 
Case Study 4 – .................................................................................................................................................... 3 
Judgment Criteria............................................................................................................................................... 4 
 
TEACHER’S SECTION 
 
INTRODUCTION 
Empathy  is  the  power  of  understanding  and  share  the  feelings  of  another  person;  step  into  another 
person’s shoes. This month with the theme as Dignity and Empathy, let the students feel the situations 
with the following case cards and let them solve these problems in the best way by using a democratic 
way. 
EXPECTED OUTCOMES – 
1.  Students will empathise with the situation a person feels in the given situation. 
2.  Students will get sensitised to the democratic way of solving problems in their own way. 
STEPS FOR THE ACTIVITY – 
1.  Display the case cards in the classroom and let the students choose the cases to solve. 

2. Each student needs to select 1 elder partner to solve the problem (Elder brother/sister, parents,

family member, neighbours etc.)

3. Explain to the students the given situations, and that they need to analyse the situation and

think critically about:

a. What support the person requires in the given situations?

b. How can your team solve their problem? (1 best way to solve the problem)

c. Make a flow chart to solve the issue.

4. Give a week’s time to complete the activity.

5. Select the best cases and solutions and display in the classroom.

For Example –

Case - A new child has been admitted to your class in the middle of the academic year. No one wants to

sit with him/her as he/she is a wheelchair user and some students bully him/her during the free period

and during recess. You as a class monitor have been given the responsibility to solve the situation.

The support he/she requires –

1. He/she needs good friend/s

2. He/she needs teacher’s support to familiarise him/her with the classmates

3. He/she needs support in studies, to complete notes, etc.

My solutions –

I, as a class monitor, will first make him/her a friend and familiarize him/her with my school

environment

I will request my friends to share their books and notebooks with him/her on a rotational

basis to help him/her with studies and to complete the school work

I will request my class teacher to talk to the students, who bully him/her in her/his absence

and make them and the whole class aware of the punishment and Anti-bullying policy

existing in my school

I will request the Principal and school council members to create an orientation programme/ice-

breaking activity/buddy system for new students to help them settle in the new environment

PRINT SECTION

CASE STUDY 1 –

Rita is a 13 years old girl, living in a settlement colony with her 6 siblings and parents. Her father is the

only bread earner of the family. She does not go to school as she has to take care of the house, and her

siblings, as her mother keeps unwell regularly. Suppose that you know Rita who is a very bright girl, and

wants to go to school, but her father can’t afford the school fees.

How will you support Rita?

CASE STUDY 2 –

Right in front of your home, there is a traffic signal where Ritik and Shivani (Brother and sister) sit for

the whole day and sell fruits and vegetables to the passers. Traffic police always abuses them and take

a bribe on a daily basis to let them sell for the day. Half of their earnings usually go towards such bribes.

How will you help Ritik and Shivani?

CASE STUDY 3 –

There are many elderly couples living alone in your society. There is no one at their home to take them

to buy the necessary goods from market, or to the bank, or to medical store, or to the doctor’s clinic.

They need help on a daily basis.

How will you support these elderly people in your society?

CASE STUDY 4 –

There is a public park near your house where children usually come and play. But there is a group of

teenagers who have started troubling the children and annoying them during their play, and while on

slides. They do not listen to the caretaker, and elders present over there.

How will you support these children?

JUDGMENT CRITERIA

Parameters

Very Good (3)

Good (2)

Satisfactory (1)

1. Ability to understand

the problem/situation

2. Ability to identify a

solution

3. Presentation skills

4. Effectiveness and

Sustainability of

solution

5. Skills to suggest a

democratic way to

solve the problem

6. Easily adaptable

solution