Learning+outcomes

__** What we need **__ 1-2 values and attitudes 2-4 knowledge and understandings 1-3 skills and processes

the United States by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
 * **__ Values and Attitudes __** || **__Knowledge and Understanding__** || **__Skills and Processes: Hey guys just noticed that we don't need to include skills and processes in our rationale statement . __** ||
 * 9.2.2 appreciate the relationship between consumerism and quality of life (C, CC) || 9.2.5 assess, critically, the relationship between consumerism and quality of life in Canada and

• What are the indicators of quality of life? • How does individual consumer behaviour impact quality of life • How does marketing impact consumerism? • How does consumerism provide opportunities for and limitations on impacting quality of life? || 9.S.6 develop age-appropriate behaviour for social involvement as responsible citizens contributing to their community, such as:

• elicit, clarify and respond appropriately to questions, ideas and diverse points of view presented in discussions • make reasoned comments relating to the topic of discussion • listen to others to understand their perspectives

9.S.9 develop skills of media literacy:

• examine techniques used to enhance the authority and authenticity of media messages • examine the values, lifestyles and points of view represented in a media message • analyze the impact of television, Internet, radio and print media on a particular current affairs ||


 * __**Essential Question Possibilities:**__ ||
 * * Consumerism and quality of life: how do they impact each other?
 * What can we do as consumers to increase our nations quality of life?
 * how do we balance quality of life, consumerism and sustainability?
 * consumerism and sustainability, how do they effect the quality of life?
 * can we maintain a good quality of life if we focus on consumerism over sustainability
 * What better choices do we need to make?
 * How can we balance consumerism and sustainability to ensure a high quality of life for us and generations to come
 * what are our responsibilities when balancing consumerism and quality of life?
 * what are our responsibilities as consumers
 * how does irresponcible consumerism efffect us, how can we (as students) change this?...can we change this?
 * Is consumerism messing us up: the bad and the ugly side of consumerism?
 * __**How does irresponsible consumerism effect us? How can we change this?**__...this is the winner
 * Consumerism and quality of life: how do they impact each other?
 * What can we do as consumers to increase our nations quality of life?
 * how do we balance quality of life, consumerism and sustainability?
 * consumerism and sustainability, how do they effect the quality of life?
 * can we maintain a good quality of life if we focus on consumerism over sustainability
 * What better choices do we need to make?

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