Fernando M. Reimers et a1.

Activity 8.1.2

What Are the Sustainable Development Goals?

In a class discussion, students will review the SDGs and discuss examples of
how social entrepreneurs are addressing them. Students can work in small
groups, and each group can have a discussion about a different SDG. The
groups will then summarize their work for the entire class.

Resources
The following are good resources for teaching the SDGs and can be used to
provide students with context when they choose topics to focus their social
enterprise on:

0 Comic book on the Sustainable Development Goals
(https://www.tes.com/worldslargestlesson/read—comic-book/)

° The lesson plan “A Global Goals Assembly” (https://www.tes.com/
worldslargestlesson/)

° https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300

° https://www.tes.com/worldslargestlesson/the—goals/

' https : //www. ted. com/talks/michael_green__how_we_can_m ake_
the_world_a_better__place_by_20309language=en

' https:/ / www. ted.com/ talks/1 amie_drummond_how~to_set__goals_
for_the_world?language=en

Activity 8.1.3

Designing a Social Enterprise

In small groups of between five and six, students will design a social
enterprise. They will draw on the SDGs to define a problem area. They
will then define a mission for their organization, identify their business
model, and develop a business plan. Teachers will review the concepts
of Design for Change and Design Thinking, which were taught in the

previous year.

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