Activity Introduction
This teaching resource provides you with multiple lessons worth of material that can be used to immerse students in, and connect with, the positive sustainability messages explored in the documentary film 2040. Students begin by assessing where their community is in terms of the themes of the 2040 documentary. Next, students take inspiration from the solutions presented in 2040, to propose ideas for leading their community to a better future.
Students work collaboratively to develop a 2040 vision for their community and present their ideas to the community. Based on feedback from the community, they then work together to design, plan and implement a project from their 2040 community vision. The social action created can be used to engage your school or the wider community. Following project completion, students will celebrate and reflect on the success of their project and their participation in the project.
This teaching resource is designed to guide students through a project where they will consolidate and extend learning from any of the other lessons in the 2040 units; 2040 – Business & Economics, 2040 – Mathematics, 2040 – Geography, 2040 – English, and 2040 – Science.
- Students will understand that they have a role to play in creating the future they want to see
- Students will understand and plan the processes required for planning and executing an action-based community project
- Topic: Sustainability.
- Unit of work: 2040 – Business & Economics, 2040 – Mathematics, 2040 – Geography, 2040 – English, and 2040 – Science.
- Time required: 290+ mins.
- Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – oversee activities and facilitate class discussions.
- Keywords: 2040 documentary, community, future, 2040 themes, social action.
This teaching resource is designed to guide students through a project where they will consolidate and extend learning from any of the other lessons in the 2040 units; 2040 – Business & Economics, 2040 – Mathematics, 2040 – Geography, 2040 – English, and 2040 – Science. It works in support of the curriculum points explored in those units.
- Student Worksheets – one copy per student.
- Device capable of presenting a video to the class.
- Project Planning Tool.
- Project Checklist.
- SMART Goals.
2040 is an innovative feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW! Director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.
In Australia: Order the Schools Version of the 2040 DVD. The Schools Version includes an educational license and is for Australian primary and secondary schools that wish to utilise the film as a learning tool or host free on-site screenings for the school community.
In New Zealand: Find out how to see the film here. 2040 is currently only available in NZ cinemas and you can make a group booking for your class at your local cinema. The Schools Version of the DVD and BluRay will be released in New Zealand on 7th November 2019. This version includes an educational licence that covers classroom use and on-site screenings for the school community. To pre-order a copy for your school, please email: [email protected].
Cool Australia’s curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum.
Cool Australia, GoodThing Productions and Regen Pictures would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Good Pitch Australia, Shark Island Institute, Documentary Australia Foundation, The Caledonia Foundation and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.
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