Summary
Students looked at a photo with some context about its location and time, then used the Sustainability Compass to explore all the possible impacts shown in the image—social, economic, environmental, and personal wellbeing.
Impact on Learning
In previous versions of a similar exercise, students would focus on one aspect of sustainability (economic sustainability, environmental sustainability). While students would provide correct answers, they would be narrow. The result of this lesson was that students began to incorporate a wider range of sustainability elements because the Sustainability Compass routine provided a scaffold to more holistically analyse a source. Students began analysing from multiple perspectives and using critical thinking to balance what was most important. See the student writing sample image attached.
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