Exploring the Systems We Live In

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• critical thinking
• collaboration
• community engagement
• digital literacy
• problem solving

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: Year 7 & 8, Geography

Year 7:

Students learn about

• strategies used to enhance the liveability of a place, including for young people, the aged or those with disability, drawing on studies such as those from Australia or Europe (AC9HG7K08)

Year 8:

Students learn about

• strategies to manage the sustainability of Australia’s changing urban places (AC9HG8K09)

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 achievement standards: Students describe how the characteristics of places are perceived and valued differently by people. They describe the importance of the environment to people. They explain responses or strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge, referring to environmental, economic or social factors.

General capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - Facilitate class discussions and activities.

UN SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

• Target 16.7 Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.

• Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Poster paper
• Student devices
• Student Worksheet
• Sticky notes
• Whiteboard

Future Council is a Regen Studios film co-produced with Tebbernekkel. Cool.org and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Shark Island Foundation, LEEAF, Alberts I The Tony Foundation, Documentary Australia and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources. These lessons have been created in partnership with Regen Studios & Regenerators.

Using The Cool.org Act Framework In The Classroom - Secondary

Quick Summary: This course will help you provide strategies and tactics for enabling action in order to give students a sense of hope for their futures.