Lesson 4 – What can WE do?
Change the world, one thing at a time
This lesson brings together the outcomes of the lessons so far. It uses students’ understanding and ideas about why recycling matters as the basis for real action.
Students create an action plan for themselves, their family, class or school, which combines the actions they would like people to take, and some ideas on how they could encourage and support these people.
This can lead to the project activity where students create and implement a full recycling plan for your school.
Lesson 4 Video
The friends look back on what they have learnt and think about what they could do to take action at home and at school.
Learning outcomes
Citizenship concepts and processes | Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills | |
Recycling is a shared responsibility Each person and organisation has an important role to play There are lots of simple actions that we can all take to recycle more Individual actions add up to real benefits | 1.1b What is fair and unfair? 1.2a Rights and obligations 1.2c Balancing rights with obligations 1.3c Consider interconnections between the UK and the rest of the world 2.2a Expressing opinions 2.2b Communicating an argument 2.2c Justifying an argument and persuading others 2.3a Creative approaches to taking action 2.3b Take action and bring about change 2.3c Impacts on communities and the wider world | CT: Question their own and others’ assumptions RL: Invite feedback and deal with criticism RL: Set goals with success criteria RL: Evaluate experiences and learning TW: Collaborate with others TW: Show fairness and consideration TW: Take responsibility TW: Provide constructive support SM: Work towards goals SM: Organise time and resources SM: Deal with competing pressures SM: Seek advice and support when needed EP: Discuss issues of concern EP: Present a persuasive case for action EP: Try to influence others |