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Framework
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Topic outline
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RESOURCES
| Quality of life/Quality of environment |
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Defining Happiness (activity)
Source: Facing the Future
Web site (free download)
Students individually decide
what types of things positively contribute to their quality of
life. They compare their ideas about quality of life to national
statistics related to how Americans spend their time, and
determine how Americans could restructure their time to improve
quality of life. Students also evaluate their own progress
toward “the good life” and how their personal consumption habits
impact their progress. |
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Defining Needs (article)
Source:
Facing the Future
Article
(PDF)
One step to improving personal well-being is to think
about what we need and how we want to spend our time and money
to meet these needs. If each of us focused on meeting our basic
needs, might quality of life improve for everyone? This
easy-to-read article
provides a good summary for students. |
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Quality of Life (activity)
Source: Joyce
Johnson, Reedsburg School District
Ask students to list the things in life that are essential
to their lives and the things that are non-essential and bring
the list to class the next day for discussion. As the discussion
takes place, students begin to realize that many of the things
they consider essential are not as necessary as they thought.
They also get a feel for resource consumption. |
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The Lorax (activity and book/video)
Source: Harv
Hayden, Wisconsin Rapids School District
Activity
(MS Word)
Activity (PDF)
Borrow the Lorax from
WCEE EE Resources Library
After reading the Lorax or
watching the video, students participate in a role-play activity
and answer critical questions about the story. The role-play
asks students to become a character from the story and defend
their position. The questions have students analyze the content
of the story.
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