Explain that in the film each Osama identified something he loved and this told us something about his identity, personality or beliefs. The students will be trying to find out these things about themselves.
Choose 12 diverse examples of objects, ideas, activities or experiences that different Osamas identified as the thing they loved. You can find these at the Osama Loves website.
Divide the students into groups and ask each group to discuss the list you have given them, then put them into categories - between two and four of them - and decide on suitable headings for these categories.
When this is complete, ask the whole class to share their category headings and to agree on some main headings that could cover the responses of all the Osamas (these could be, for example: 'Beautiful things', 'Things I enjoy doing', 'Things I possess' and so on).
Tell the students that they are going to do a similar exercise but will be asked to try to identify six things (not people) that they love or value enormously. Explain that, although they may not always get on with family or friends, it is assumed that they love them, so this activity will focus on things rather than people.
Provide each student with a sheet divided into two columns: 'Things I love/value greatly' and 'Reasons why'. Download worksheet (Word file, 38KB)
Students then make a list of six things that they love or value greatly and record what makes them feel so strongly about these things.
On a separate sheet they rank these in a pyramid system according to how important or significant they are to them: one at the top, two in the middle, three at the bottom.
Download the Heart poster from the Osama Loves website for students to fill in with what they love most (the item they have put at the top of their pyramid).
Allow students to share their completed work with each other.
From the results of these activities, analyse the factors that determine the things we love and value most, and identify commonalities between them.
Ask the students to think of something they used to love or value greatly that is not so important to them now, to illustrate how our values can change over time.
The Channel 4 website accompanying the programme.
Channel 4 Learning's Citizenship and PSHE website.
Notes to support Channel 4 Learning programmes.
Full listings for the week ahead, plus downloadable wallcharts for this term.
Watch again for free on your PC with Channel 4's on demand service 4oD.
