Thriving Week 1 of 4 - Aina Connectors (Grades 6-8)
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"Patterns of Thriving Countries" Free lesson plan from Ainathrive.org: Aina Contributors (Grades 6-8) This is Week 1 of 4 focusing on thriving communities. Aina 2030 Curriculum focuses on well-being (social-emotional learning), sustainability, and how we can thrive in our communities. Aina 2030 Curriculum can be used in schools during morning meetings, science, social studies, art, mathematics, writing, and reading at the elementary level. Aina 2030 Curriculum can be used at the secondary level during advisory, mentoring, science, social studies, art, mathematics, English, and technology & engineering. All four weeks found at http://ainathrive.org. Email: kurt.love@ainathrive.org
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- 2. There are many considerations for our thinking when it comes to figuring out what we mean by a thriving community, and it is not a concept that should be narrowly defined or static. When we search our thoughts on such an important concept, it is one that will always be one in transition and co-created. Activity sheet: Use the questions as a background for an open-ended discussion. Can we be happier, healthier, and more supported in a community that is more aimed at collective well-being and more sustainable? How much are we affected by our communities? How much does our well-being affect our communities? Do we thrive more when our community thrives more? Does our community thrive more when we thrive more? You’ve seen this before, but take another look at Jessica Perlstein’s artwork of a reinvisioned San Francisco cityscape. Activity sheet: Make a list of words that fit under the category of “well-being” and another list under the category of “sustainability.” Then, choose some of the words, and create sentences that include at least one word from each column and focus on how they impact each other. Look at the list of top 20 countries that are in the United Nations Happiness Index and the top 20 countries in the Environmental Performance Index. Activity sheet: Put the rankings of each country on both lists. Answer the questions that follow. Look at patterns, and provide your initial thoughts about them. Activity sheet: Answer questions and discuss your thoughts about patterns. We tend to keep issues of well-being and sustainability separate when we talk about them as if they do not affect each other. There is, however, a reason to think otherwise. The top countries that are generally rated the highest on the United Nations Happiness Index (full report here) are often the same countries on the Environmental Performance Index (full report here, list of countries here). Students will look at the two lists and analyze how similar they are. Briefly, (video here) living sustainably can make us feel happier. It’s tied to our identities and localities. 1. Identify how our individual well-being is connected to sustainability. 2. Analyze patterns among countries and international metrics.. Objectives Overarching Thriving concept “Home” Work Resources for Teachers & Caregivers Learning Activity 20 mins © Aina LLC 2020 30 mins Thriving Connectors (Grades 6-8) | November 16, 2020 Patterns of Thriving Countries 10 mins
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