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.

Concepts

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

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Additional Tags

social studies

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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

Cons

• None

Common Core

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