Lesson 1: Sustainability – Making Our Actions Stand the Test of Time
This lesson, “Sustainability – Making our Actions Stand the Test of Time” (TCTL.3.1), helps students define sustainability as it applies to influence and service, exploring how influence can endure over the long term rather than being a single activity. Through a weight-holding endurance activity, the fable of “The Tortoise and the Hare,” and worksheets, students investigate examples of personal and chapter service activities and brainstorm ways to make them more sustainable.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define sustainability in the context of influence.
- Investigate and share examples of influence and determine how sustainable these examples are
- Time required
- 45 minutes
- Materials
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- Dumbbells of various weights (5-pound, 10-pound, 20-pound)
- TCTL.3.1.AS.A (one copy)
- TCTL.3.1.AS.B (one copy per student)
- Purpose
- The purpose of this lesson is to help students define sustainability as it applies to influence. How can influence continue over the long haul rather than focus on a single activity?
- Connection Questions
- 1. What are some activities that I currently participate in that are sustainable (with regard to service and influence)? 2. What activities do I participate in that could be made more sustainable? 3. What types of needs exist in my community that might benefit from sustainable actions? 4. Why should service be approached with a sustainable attitude?
- LifeKnowledge Precept(s) addressed
- Vision: C1. Contemplate the Future; C2. Conceptualize Ideas; C4. Adapt to opportunities and obstacles from multiple perspectives. Awareness: E1. Address issues important to the community. Decision Making: N2. Demonstrate problem-solving skills
- LK Lesson Suggestion
- HS.26 – Defining Personal Growth; MS.576 – Finding opportunities to make positive change; MS.586 – Defining Service; MS.596 – Finding opportunities for service in your family/school