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UN Sustainable Development Goals and Graphics
Provided by: Project Look Sharp
Activity - Classroom
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Synopsis
- In this media decoding activity, students will use the Sustainable Development Goals icons to discuss how simple pictures represent big ideas.
- Students will read the descriptions for each Sustainable Development Goal and try to match them to the correct graphic, defending their position by pointing to evidence in the graphic.
Subjects: Social Studies, Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Project Look Sharp
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This activity is a great way to introduce younger students to the Sustainable Development Goals without overwhelming them with too many details.
- The provided worksheet makes it easy for students to record their guesses.
Prerequisites
- Teachers will have to sign in or create an account to access the materials.
- The materials under Additional Support are not linked in the Activity Plan document.
- Before using the slides, teachers may want to review the Activity Plan and add speaker's notes to ensure the activity runs smoothly.
Differentiation & Implementation
- To support effective group participation, teachers can give students certain roles, such as reading the Sustainable Development Goals, writing the guesses, and keeping track of the time.
- To help students organize their ideas and prepare to defend their guesses, teachers can guide students in writing a claim, evidence, and reasoning statement for each guess.
- After completing this activity, older students can each choose one of the Sustainable Development Goals to research.
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About the Partner Provider
Project Look Sharp
Project Look Sharp is a nonprofit, mission-driven outreach program of Ithaca College. Their mission is to help K-16 educators enhance students' critical thinking, metacognition, and civic engagement through media literacy materials and professional development.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
