Lesson summary
Students will explore and propose sustainable strategies for enhancing a place's liveability by analysing a local product, business or corporation. They will view videos from the feature documentary Future Council, investigate different systems, and explore businesses that operate in regenerative and/or circular systems.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- explore the concept of the circular economy and its impact on sustainability
- understand how strategies can be used to promote environmental action and awareness.
Success criteria
Students can:
- explain the principles of the circular economy and its benefits
- analyse how sustainable strategies can influence individual and collective action.
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Lesson details
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- critical thinking
- collaboration
- community engagement
- digital literacy
- problem solving
Curriculum Mapping
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 Sustainable Development Goals
- Target 16.7 Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.
Resources Required
- Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
- Poster paper
- Student devices
- Student Worksheet
- Sticky notes
- Whiteboard
Additional Info
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.
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