BBB4M – Unit 2 – Lesson 7: CSR and Sustainability

Overview

Duration

100 minutes

Lesson Objective

• To learn about sustainability in the business environment.

Lesson Outcomes

• Define sustainability.
• Explain the sustainability stool.
• Explain the importance of sustainable development.
• Assess the degree to which a named business has responded to the pressure to reach sustainability targets.

The Lesson

Sequence

1. Riddle me this…
2. Starter: 60 second challenge!!
3. What is sustainability? [class discussion].
4. Sustainbility and the sustainability stool [teacher led instruction and note taking].
5. Workplace Quandries [paired task].
6. Workplace Quandries Reflection [class discussion].
7. How have businesses responded to the pressure to be sustainable? [individual task].
8. Review: How have businesses responded to the pressure to be sustainable? [class discussion].

Lesson 7a | Optional Activity | The Corporation (2003) Documentary Analysis

• Watch The Corporation (2003)
• Assign students a set of questions [6 sets to choose from] see resource below
• Students to answer questions in teams of 2/3.

Lesson 7b| Optional Activity | WAL-TOWN The Film Analysis

• Watch WAL-TOWN The Film
• Answer the questions on the worksheet [see resource below].

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