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Learning Objectives: Students will be able to
- Play a place-based game called ChronoOps and understand notions of sustainability in a local community.
- Compare and contrast what inspires happiness in a population with ideas of sustainability.
Modes: Interpersonal, Interpretive Reading, Presentational Speaking
Materials Needed: iOS devices (iOS 4.0 or higher), Worksheet 1, Venn Diagram, Worksheet 2
Procedure
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Put students into groups w/ mobile devices (or students can use their own if they have iOS). Instruct them to download the “ARIS” app and create an account, if they do not have one already.
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Tell students to search for ChronoOps in the target language (English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian) and play the game. As they play the game, students will fill out Worksheet 1, which allows them to have physical versions of both the questions they are asked in the game, as well as the answers they give.
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Once each team has finished the game, give them some time to finish filling out their worksheets. Once every group has had enough time to think about the worksheet in enough detail, bring the class together and go over it.
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Introduce learners to the World Happiness Report (http://worldhappiness.report/) in order to discuss why some countries are considered happier than others. Learners will review the different conditions that are chosen and argue why each is a good/bad measurement to consider when talking about happiness. Where would sustainability fit into these standards?
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As a class, learners will brainstorm what city services and utilities make them feel happy, safe, and satisfied with life (eg. police, health care, entertainment, etc.). Afterwards, learners will brainstorm what they don’t want in a city (eg. pollution, crime, bad weather, etc.). They will have a venn diagram to fill out themselves, then the teacher will draw one up on the board and ask for learner input when necessary.
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After discussing the good/bad things of living in a city, learners will choose a city to focus on and individually fill out Worksheet 2, writing down ideas that they have for improving the happiness of their city.
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Learners should prepare and present about what they consider to be their best ideas. This presentation should take no more than 1 minute and may be guided by what the learners wrote down on Worksheet 2. As each learner presents, other learners should write any other interesting ideas they find good or interesting down in Part B of the worksheet.
- Learners will hand in the Worksheet 2 at the end so that the teacher can get a better sense of how well the learners understand concepts of sustainability and how to put them to use in their daily lives.
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