Lesson 2: Sustainable Development Goals
This is the second lesson plan in the National FFA Organization’s four-part “Sustainable Development Goals” series. Students research the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by visiting fact-based stations and completing an SDG “passport,” then create a short public service announcement or social media video centered on one SDG. The resource includes student worksheets, a video production rubric, and answer keys.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Research the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Create a short public service announcement/social media video centered around one SDG.
- Time required
- Approximately 125 minutes
- Grade level
- Grades 9 and 10
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Global Goals for the Future" worksheet OR a copy of the "Sustainable Development Goals Passport" handout for each student
- A copy of the "Getting the Word Out" worksheet for each student
- A class copy of the "Fast Facts" and "Infographic" for each SDG
- Internet access to play videos in real time or embed them in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Student devices to record/produce SDG videos
- Vocabulary
- Climate; Consumption; Equality; Infrastructure; Innovation; Poverty; Public Service Announcement; Sustainable Development Goals
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- English/Language Arts (research, brainstorm and write a script for their public service announcement or social media video); Technology (use technology tools to produce a short PSA or social media video); Social Studies (explore global goals developed in collaboration with 193 unique governments)
- Created
- 09/2023 by the National FFA Organization
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Worksheet
Non Designed_Student Activity Sheets_Lesson 2 – Sustainable Development Goals (DOCX)
Student Activity Sheets_Lesson 2 – Sustainable Development Goals (PDF)
Student Activity Sheets_Lesson 2 – Sustainable Development Goals (DOCX)
Other
Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.02Apply appropriate academic and technical skills. Career-ready individuals readily access and use the knowledge and skills acquired through experience and education to be more productive.
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.05Consider the environmental, social and economic impact of decisions.
- CRP.06Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
- CRP.11Use technology to enhance productivity. Career-ready individuals find and maximize the productive value of existing and new technology to accomplish workplace tasks and solve workplace problems.
AFNR Cluster Skills
- CS.04Demonstrate stewardship of natural resources in AFNR activities.
AFNR Performance Element
- CS.01Analyze how issues, trends, technologies and public policies impact systems in the agriculture, food & natural resources career cluster.
Common Career Technical Core
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.6Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9.10.1Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9.10.2Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9.10.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.1Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.7Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-MCommunication: Effectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.CS-NDecision Making: Analyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-AAction: Assume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
Green/Sustainability Knowledge and Skill Statements
- AFNR Career Cluster, Statement 2Analyze community practice or policy development related to sustainability in AFNR.
- AFNR Career Cluster, Statement 3Communicate the impact of green and sustainability principles on agriculture, food and natural resource systems.
- AFNR Career Cluster, Statement 7Demonstrate an understanding of green and sustainability trends that are impacting processes and markets in AFNR.
NASDCTEc
- AGC02.02Employ the use of technical information effectively to maintain and communicate records and reporting procedures commonly used in the AFNR cluster.