Environment
Sandy’s incredible shrinking footprint
Author(s): Femida Handy & Carole Carpenter
Links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dgEJMv
Indigo: https://bit.ly/2ywCF4n
Social Justice focus: Environmental
Synopsis: Sandy and her dog Pepper love to play on the beach when visiting her Grandpa’s house. Sandy struggles understanding why someone wouldn’t clean up after themselves. While she is busy cleaning the mess, she meets the Garbage Lady. The Garbage Lady explains to Sandy that we all have an ecological footprint and it’s up to us to shrink it as much as possible. Full of inspiration for shrinking her footprint, Sandy rushes home to tell her Grandpa everything that she has learned and all the ways she wants to work on shrinking her footprint. At the end of the picture book, a list of ways you can shrink your footprint is provided so that everyone can be inspired, just like Sandy!
Lesson Plan: Karly Bignell
Primary/Junior/Intermediate Lesson Plan (Abbreviated Template)
Consecutive and Concurrent Programs
Unit/Topic: Global Citizenship/ Ecological Footprint
Grade: 7
Lesson: What is the focus of this lesson in relation to the unit?
The purpose of this lesson is to educate students on what we are using natural resources for and how much natural resources they consume themselves in order to get an idea of how much resources need to be produced for every person.
Curriculum Areas: What are possible connections to other curricular areas?
Geography Overall Expectations:
Inquiry – Use the geographic inquiry process to investigate issues related to the impact of the extraction/harvesting and/or use of natural resources around the world from a geographic perspective
Understanding Geographic Context – Demonstrate an understanding of the sources and use of different types of natural resources and of some of the effects of the extraction/harvesting and use of these resources
Specific Expectations:
Inquiry: Investigating Issues Related to Natural Resources
B2.1 Formulate questions to guide investigations into issues related to the impact of the extraction/ harvesting and/or use of natural resources around the world from a geographic perspective
B2.5 Evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about issues related to the impact of natural resource extraction/harvesting and/or use around the world
Understanding Geographic Context: Using Natural Resources
B3.2 describe ways in which people use the natural environment, including specific elements within it, to meet their needs and wants
Visual Art Overall Expectations:
D1.Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to produce art works in a variety of traditional two- and three-dimensional forms, as well as multimedia art works, that communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings, using elements, principles, and techniques of visual arts as well as current media technologies
Specific Expectations:
D1.1 Create art works, using a variety of traditional forms and current media technologies, that express feelings, idea