Lesson 4: Sustainability in Everyday Life
This is the fourth lesson in the National FFA “Sustainability in Everyday Life” series, focused on helping students apply sustainability concepts to their own lives. Students explore individual sustainable practices through the UN’s “Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World,” create their own guide targeted at a chosen Sustainable Development Goal, watch a video, and develop a personal “Just One Thing” action plan and poster to commit to living more sustainably.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Explore individual practices to live more sustainably.
- Develop a personal plan identifying and implementing a single action they can take to live more sustainably.
- Time required
- 65 minutes (*Time requirements may vary based upon student understanding and class schedule.)
- Grade level
- Grades 9 and 10
- Materials
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- Student devices to access the internet
- A copy of the "Guide to Saving the World" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Just One Thing" worksheet for each student
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Vocabulary
- Sustainability; Sustainable Development Goal
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- English/Language Arts: Students will create a personal plan for more sustainable living. Technology: Students will use technology to research sustainable actions and research and formulate their personal sustainability plans. Social Studies: Students will connect their personal actions to the worldwide sustainable development goals.
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Environmental Literacy; Global Awareness; Implement Innovations; Information, Communications, and Technology Literacy; Think Creatively
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Worksheet
Non Designed_Student Activity Sheets_Lesson 4 – Sustainability in Everyday Life (DOCX)
Student Activity Sheets_Lesson 4 – Sustainability in Everyday Life (DOCX)
Student Activity Sheets_Lesson 4 – Sustainability in Everyday Life (PDF)
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.
AFNR Cluster Skills
Common Career Technical Core
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- 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.9-10.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of 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.
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.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
- 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-LProfessional Growth: Assume responsibility for attaining and improving upon the skills needed for career success.
- FFA.PL-AAction: Assume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-CVision: Visualize the future and how to get there.
- FFA.PL-EAwareness: Understand personal vision, mission and goals.
- FFA.PL-FContinuous Improvement: Accept responsibility for learning and personal growth.
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.
Next Generation Science
- HS-ETS1-3Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.