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Wish for the Future

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What would be your class's ideal world 30 years in the future? What about 100 years? Use a series of activities to discuss globalization, sustainability, scientific contributions to society, and the global community of which your learners would be like to be members.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

future planning, career goals, sustainability, globalization, the global community, urbanization

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Create an interdisciplinary activity between social studies, language arts, and science as learners think about their goals and visions for the future
  • Encourage learners to turn their projects and narratives into presentation for the class
  • Use the extension activities for independent projects over school vacations or long weekends

Classroom Considerations

  • The third extension activity features a link to the publisher's website, which is very interesting and engaging but difficult to navigate

Pros

  • Prompts deep discussion and analysis for current events
  • A great way to begin or end your curriculum for the year

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  • None

Common Core

W.6.3.a W.6.7 W.7.3.a W.7.7 W.8.3.a W.8.7

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