National Recycling Week - Rethinking Advertising

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 9 English:

• Analyse how the construction and interpretation of texts, including media texts, can be influenced by cultural perspectives and other texts (ACELY1739)

Year 9 Economics and Business:

• How and why businesses seek to create and maintain a competitive advantage in the global market (ACHEK041)
• Reflect on the intended and unintended consequences of economic and business decisions (ACHES049)

Year 10 English:

• Analyse and evaluate how people, cultures, places, events, objects and concepts are represented in texts, including media texts, through language, structural and/or visual choices (ACELY1749)

Year 10 Economics and Business:

• Factors that influence major consumer and financial decisions and the short- and long-term consequences of these decisions (ACHEK053)
• Reflect on the intended and unintended consequences of economic and business decisions (ACHES061)

Year 9 & 10 Design and Technologies:

• Critically analyse factors, including social, ethical and sustainability considerations, that impact on designed solutions for global preferred futures and the complex design and production processes involved (ACTDEK040)

Syllabus Outcomes: EN5-7D, EN5-8D, D&T5.3.1, D&T5.3.2, C5.2, C5.3, C5.4, C5.5

General capabilities: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding

Time needed: 60+ minutes – this activity can be extended over several sessions

• Internet access
• Student worksheet

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

• communication
• collaboration
• creativity
• critical thinking
• problem solving

Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week started in 1996 to bring a national focus to the environmental benefits of recycling. This highly regarded annual campaign continues to educate and stimulate behaviour change by promoting kerbside, industrial and community recycling initiative. It also gives people the tools to minimise waste and manage material resources responsibly at home, work and school. In partnership with Planet Ark, we have developed lessons from early learning through to year 10 to help educators bring these important topics into the classroom.

National Recycling Week is held in the second week of November each year but you can recycle all year-round with these lessons which were designed to be used at any time. Click here to find out more about National Recycling Week and the Schools Recycle Right Challenge.