Empowering Global Citizens

Overview
The purpose of this unit is to help students to use planning skills to makes
something happen.

Activity E.3.1

Making a Plan

Using the ideas generated in the class discussion of the student—generated
scenarios, students work in teams (can be international teams if the teacher
chooses) to design a detailed plan for avoiding or improving on a scenario that
they chose from among the groups work. The teacher continuously prompts
each group with questions like, “How will you get people to change their
behavior?” and, “How will you get governments to adhere to environmental
agreements?” For example, steps may include working with international en-
vironmental protection agencies to advocate for sanctions against corporate
and governmental polluters. The student product from this activity will be a
detailed work plan for how to achieve their desired results that includes ac—
tion items, roles and responsibilities, projected budgets, and more.

Activity E.8.2:

Scenario Planning, Part 2

After the students come up With a plan as a group, they write new scenarios
individually based on the new future that they hope to create. The groups
then share their visions and discuss how even with the same plan, their ideas
of what the future could look like differ (or are the same). They will share
these reports with students in other parts of the world.

Resources:
° Brown, L. 1988. “Analyzing the Demographic Trap” in State oft/76
Wr/d, 1987. eds. L. Brown and others. New York: W \W. Norton.
Pages 20—37 of the PDF.

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