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Stage 1 - Desired Results

Established Goals:
Subject Areas:
Autonomy and Social Participation
To demonstrate autonomy in
everyday situations
To take an informed position
on everyday issues

Broad Areas of Learning:

Environmental Awareness
and
Consumer Rights and
Responsibilities
Cross-Curricular Competencies:
Uses information
Adopts effective work
methods
Cooperates with others
Communicates appropriately
To analyze human consumption and demonstrate the
consequences
Understandings:
Wants vs needs
Media influence on
consumption
Over consumption
Environmental and human
impact (human footprint,
buying local, child labor)
Students will know.
What environmental
footprint is?
The difference between a
want and a need
What it means to over
consume
The impacts of consumption
on a global level
How our consumption is
impacted by the media

Essential Questions:
How can I be a more
responsible consumer
How can I decrease my
environmental footprint

Students will be able to.

Identify the impact they
have on the environment
and how they can change.
Indicate what is necessary
for human survival
Explain the negative
consequences of human
consumption
How we are influenced to
consume certain products.

Stage 2 - Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks:
1) Awareness Campaign
2) Debate Should fines be enforced for failing to recycle and
compost

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3) Environmental Wordle
Key Criteria:
Key Criteria:
1- Awareness Campaign
2- Wordle
All key elements are
Includes more than 15
indicated
words
Presentation of poster, color,
Is presented in a
pictures, etc
professional manner.
3- Debate
Engaging in dialogue
Respects conditions that
foster dialogue
Has developed a point of
view
Has provided support
Other Evidence:
Group Discussions
Journal entries
Quiz Personal and global environmental impact
Stage 3 - Learning Plan

Learning Activities
Personal Environmental Footprint activity
Film/Documentary Reflection/Response
Think, Pair, Share to safely discuss thoughts on personal and
societal consumption