EIO introduction to SDGs

• EIO
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

"Heal the world

Make it a better place

For you and for me, and the entire human race" 

-- Michael Jackson,

"Heal the world" (1991)

The world's problems

Ask students to name as many different issues that they think the world is facing.

Goals for this lesson:

At the end of this lesson you: 

 - Know all the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals icons and what they stand for. 

- How to set a goal.

- To form your opinion.

Introduction tot de 17 Sustainable Development Goals

17 SDGs icons

In pairs you will get an sdg icon. Elke tweetal heeft een icon gekregen.

Step 1: try to guess what your icon stands for and what it means?

Step 2: Try to come up with a good slogan.

Give the students in pairs an icon, the cards can be found in the " kast werkruimte Engels, met GC year 1 er op".

Try to explain what the SGDs stand for

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, the 193 members of the United Nations unanimously agreed on 17 interlinked global goals to be achieved by 2030 as "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". 

Ranking the 17 SDGs

Look again at the goals.  Think about which 5 you think are the most important for the world.  Rank them "1" to "5" (with "1" being most important and "5" least, and write your list (use the text of the SDG and not the number on the slide) in the slide that follows.

List the 5 most important SDGs, in order (1 most important, 5 least important)

Ranking the 17 SDGs

Now, look again at the goals.  Think about which 5 you think are the least important for the world.  Rank them "1" to "5" (with "1" being least important and "5" most, and write your list (use the text of the SDG and not the number on the slide) in the slide that follows.

List the 5 least important SDGs, in order (1 least important, 5 most important)

Ranking the 17 SDGs

Look again at the goals.  Think about which 5 you think are the most important for the Netherlands.  Rank them "1" to "5" (with "1" being most important and "5" least, and write your list (use the text of the SDG and not the number on the slide) in the slide that follows.

List the 5 most important SDGs, in order (1 most important, 5 least important)

Ranking the 17 SDGs

Now, look again at the goals.  Think about which 5 you think are the least important for the Netherlands.  Rank them "1" to "5" (with "1" being least important and "5" most, and write your list (use the text of the SDG and not the number on the slide) in the slide that follows.

List the 5 least important SDGs, in order (1 least important, 5 most important)

The SDGs

Pick one of the goals you find important en you want to do more about. What can you think of to improve in that area?

Students will set a personal goal. What will they try to improve next week? The next slide will show the SDGs. After that the students will share their goal in a mind map. 

Assignment 1:

#SDGCHALLENGE: 

Chose of the SDG and work on it for one week, small things, no plasticbags for example, try to recycle etc. 

Make an logbook/ diary and write down the end result after a week.

Name 1 thing you can do after this lesson.

The students did choose on goal to work on next week. Every day will be logged in the form of a reflective logbook or by writing a daily diary entry.

Let the students think of small goals. 

assignment 2 :

1. Can you find out what the Netherlands is doing to come closer to these goals?

2. How far is the Netherlands? 

3. Europe?

4. What do you already do to come closer to these goals?

5. Which goals do you find the most important and why? Order into 1-5 (1 being most important and 5 less important).

6. What would you like to do to achieve them?

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