Writing the future
In this lesson, students will engage in solutions-focused thinking about the challenge of climate change.
Overview
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. Students 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.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- understand that solutions to climate change already exist
- consider how these solutions might affect their lives and the lives of others
- use facts as creative prompts for imaginative writing
Success criteria:
Students can...
- identify solutions explored in a video
- undertake research to explore solutions
- elaborate on facts provided to create an imaginative futuristic text
Credits and acknowledgements:
Curriculum material and mapping has been developed and written by Cool.org.
Cool.org, GoodThing Productions and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Good Pitch Australia, Shark Island Institute, Documentary Australia Foundation, The Caledonia Foundation, and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.
Watching the film
If your school or institution has a ClickView subscription, you can access 2040 on the ClickView platform.
If you do not have access to ClickView, you can purchase an educational licence to screen the film to your class and request a streaming link to share with your students. Please complete the Host a Screening form on our website and our team will be in touch to assist you.
The educational licence is for primary and secondary schools who wish to utilise the film as a learning tool or host on-site screenings for the school community.
Curriculum mapping
What you'll need
- Lesson materials
- Device capable of presenting a video to the class
- Student devices with internet access. Sticky notes or class access to online collaborative documents
- Butcher’s paper or A3 paper
- Markers
Lesson materials
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