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3hrs 30mins
Taking action for your 2040 (US)
In this lesson, students will be immersed in and connect with the documentary film 2040, focusing on actions they can take that have positive benefits both now and in the future. Students begin by looking at examples of young people who have taken action for the future through social and environmental projects. They then work as a class or in groups to choose a topic they are concerned about, and design, plan and implement a project to get the community involved in taking action on the topic.
1hr 10mins
Applying point of view (US)
In this lesson, students will connect with the film 2040 by exploring how choices in point of view and perspective impact upon a text. They will first examine a range of videos using changing points of view and identify the pros and cons of each approach. In watching these videos, students will also explore multimodal presentations of potential, imagined experiences in the year 2040. Using both the content and craft of these videos as inspiration, students will create narrative texts about their own, imagined versions of 2040.
1hr 15mins
The tone of climate change (US)
In this lesson, students explore the emotions that climate change evokes and examine the tones used in messaging around climate change. Students compare and contrast headlines and videos that use a range of tone. In doing so, students evaluate the effect that different tones have on the audience. Students then create their own messaging around climate change. Students use class data, through surveys, to find out which messaging was most effective.
2hrs
Making persuasive speeches (US)
In this lesson, students will examine a persuasive text structure and apply it to the empowerment of women and girls. Students will be introduced to Monroe’s Motivational Sequence and will then create their own texts, utilising this structure, about the empowerment of women and girls.
1hrs
Writing the future (US)
In this lesson, students will engage in solutions-focused thinking about the challenge of climate change. Students will engage with visions of 2040 through film clips and discussion. They will synthesise research with their own ideas to create a storyboard about their vision of 2040. This storyboard can be used to plan a variety of texts, depending upon your class priorities.
1hr 25mins
Empowering women and girls (US)
In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between empowering women and girls and addressing climate change. First, students will connect with the documentary 2040 to build understanding.Then students will participate in a scaffolded role-play, acting as community members to generate targeted solutions to addressing gender inequality.
3hrs
Sustainable transport and scatterplots
In this lesson, students will view excerpts from 2040 then access and evaluate statistical reports in the media and other places about sustainable transport of the future.
2hrs 30mins
The seaweed solution
In this lesson, students will access information about seaweed farming and greenhouse gas emissions and use percentages, ratios, and fractions to solve problems.
2hrs 20mins
Girls for the planet
In this lesson, students will investigate the environmental benefits that arise from empowering women and girls.
1hr 5mins
Reducing our carbon footprint
In this lesson, students will investigate the measurement of CO2 as outputs per individual and household, in terms of kilograms of CO2 per annum.
1hr 5mins
The maths of carbon
In this lesson, students will view a clip from the documentary 2040 and examine data related to CO2 in the atmosphere.
1hr 10mins
Applying point of view
In this lesson, students will explore how choices in point of view and perspective impact upon a text.
