Family Planning: Why It Matters

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Grades9, 10, 11, 12, APCivics, English Language Arts, Health

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What it is

In this activity, students watch three short videos about the importance and effects of family planning.
Students use media decoding strategies and guiding questions to analyze the messages presented in the clips.
The resource provides questions for social studies, ELA, and media literacy.

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Positives

Teachers are able to customize the lesson to suit their subject area by selecting which questions to use.

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All the lesson materials are available to download, but teachers must first create a free account with Project Look Sharp.
Teachers should review the "How to Use Materials" section associated with this activity.
For educators in faith-based schools, it is important to check the compatibility with values taught and upheld.

Differentiation

This activity could be used to introduce a debate related to the 1968 declaration of the United Nations, that "parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children."
Educators can apply this in economics by evaluating the economic impact of population decreases and increases.
Other similar resources include the videos How to Defuse the Overpopulation Bomb, Human Population Through Time, and How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Stop Global Warming.

From the scientist review

The resource underpins the need to engage in family planning discourse to reduce population growth which will, in turn, cut down carbon footprint from the household level to the global level. Recommended for teaching.

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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12, AP
Subjects: Civics, English Language Arts, Health
Other types: Videos, Activity - Classroom
Format: PDF, Downloadable MP4/M4V
Language: English
Location: Earth
Provider: Project Look Sharp
Authors: Project Look Sharp, Sox Sperry
Published: April 27, 2021
Last updated: July 16, 2026
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Standards alignment · R.9-12.9 + 2 more

Maine Climate Education Hub

English Language Arts

R.9-12.9Assess how perspective or purpose shapes the content and style of various texts.

Social Studies

Civics& Government 1 (F2): Students understand the ideals, purposes, principles, structures, and processes of constitutional government in the United States and in the American political system, as well as examples of other forms of government and political systems in the world by explaining how and why democratic institutions and interpretations of democratic ideals and constitutional principles change over time.
Civics& Government 1 (D1): Students understand the ideals, purposes, principles, structures, and processes of constitutional government in the United States and in the American political system, as well as examples of other forms of government and political systems in the world by evaluating and comparing the relationship of citizens with government in the United States and other regions of the world.

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