Lesson summary
Students explore the concept of a social enterprise. After reviewing prior knowledge students identify what a social enterprise is. They then look at the global Problem Solvers series and how the action the GPS team took could be converted into a social enterprise. Students then explore and analyse social enterprises in their community and present their research with the class. Finally they are asked to imagine a social enterprise they would like to be a part of.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- understand what a social enterprise is and what they can do
- recognise a range of different social enterprises
Success criteria:
Students can...
- work independently and collaboratively
- participate in a guided discussion
- undertake research online to answer questions
- communicate results of research in a visual medium
Lesson guides and printables
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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian curriculum content descriptions:
Year 6 HASS:
- The reasons businesses exist and the different ways they provide goods and services (ACHASSK151)
- Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources (ACHASSI123)
- Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions (ACHASSI129)
- Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges (ACHASSI130)
- Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions (ACHASSI133)
Syllabus outcomes: GE3-4
General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking
Relevant parts of Year 6 HASS achievement standards: Students identify the purpose of business and recognise the different ways that businesses choose to provide goods and services. They locate and collect useful data and information from primary and secondary sources. They reflect on their learning to propose action in response to an issue or challenge and describe the probable effects of their proposal. They present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of communication forms that incorporate source materials, mapping, graphing, communication conventions and discipline-specific terms.
Resources required
- Student Worksheet – one copy per student
- Device capable of presenting a website to the class
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Teamwork
Additional info
These lessons have been developed in partnership with Cisco. Cisco believes that our future will be defined by global problem solvers – global citizens ready to thrive in a connected and digital future by thinking like entrepreneurs, innovating like technologists, and acting as agents of social change.
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