SECTION 7 - Whose Job Is It? 8+, History & Social Studies Environmental Report Card; Pass or Fail? AGE RANGE: 8+ SUBJECTS: History & Social Studies LEARNING OBJECTIVE • De昀椀ne the phrase Carbon Footprint • Explain the importance of Carbon Footprints • Analyze a scenario to assess its carbon footprint DURATION ENDURING UNDERSTANDING • 50 minutes • To become aware that our actions have consequences ACTIVITIES: • Read the articles “Footprints and Labels” and/or “Individual Carbon Footprint and Collective Action” from The Carbon Almanac and devise a de昀椀nition for the environmental term “carbon footprint”. • Rad a short story or a novel assigned by Educator. • Analyze a literary work and determine the carbon footprint of the story in terms of travel, food, and shelter. • Determine the scale of the carbon footprint of the literary work and assign it a pass or fail grade. With worksheet, learners work independently - without worksheet, can work as a group lesson or complete analysis on paper using these prompts: • List examples of travel, food, and shelter from the literary work. • Form and express an opinion in sentence form that relay whether the characters created large or small carbon footprints. • Illustrate written ideas. • Evaluate the literary work using learned information. T RESOURCES: • The Carbon Almanac - Solutions: Footprints and labels, p.216/ 212 • The Carbon Almanac - Whose Job is it?: Individual Carbon Footprint and Collective Action, p.260/ 119 • Short Story or Novel of Educator’s Choice • “Environmental Report Card; Pass or Fail” worksheet • Pencil, colors optional 51