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Consumerism to the Nth Degree

Prepare a press release that states a negotiated position on the extent to which we should embrace consumerism.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 9.2.2 - Students will appreciate the relationship between consumerism and quality of life (C, CC)
Specific Outcome 9.2.4.5 - To what extent do consumer actions reflect individual and collective identity? (ER, I)
Specific Outcome 9.2.5.2 - How does individual consumer behaviour impact quality of life (e.g., environmental issues)? (PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 9.2.5.4 - How does consumerism provide opportunities for and limitations on impacting quality of life? (PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 9.2.5.5 - How is consumerism used as a power of a collective (e.g., boycotts)? (ER, PADM, C)
Specific Outcome 9.2.5.6 - To what extent do perspectives regarding consumerism, economic growth and quality of life differ regionally in North America? (PADM, ER, GC, I)
Specific Outcome 9.S.1.2 - Students will evaluate, critically, ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 9.S.1.3 - Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze current affairs from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 9.S.1.4 - Students will re-evaluate personal opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 9.S.1.5 - Students will generate creative ideas and strategies in individual and group activities
Specific Outcome 9.S.3.3 - Students will construct diagrams, charts, graphs and tables to analyze geographic information
Specific Outcome 9.S.3.4 - Students will define geographic problems and issues and pose geographic questions
Specific Outcome 9.S.4.1 - Students will take appropriate action and initiative when required in decision-making and problem-solving scenarios
Specific Outcome 9.S.4.2 - Students will participate in and predict outcomes of problem-solving and decision-making scenarios
Specific Outcome 9.S.4.3 - Students will propose and apply strategies or options to solve problems and deal with issues
Specific Outcome 9.S.4.4 - Students will propose and apply new ideas and strategies, supported with facts and reasons, to contribute to problem solving and decision making
Specific Outcome 9.S.5.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership in groups, where appropriate, to achieve consensus and resolve conflicts peacefully and equitably
Specific Outcome 9.S.5.2 - Students will demonstrate a positive attitude regarding the needs and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome 9.S.7.2 - Students will integrate and synthesize concepts to provide an informed point of view on a research question or an issue
Specific Outcome 9.S.7.4 - Students will draw conclusions based upon research and evidence
Specific Outcome 9.S.7.6 - Students will organize and synthesize researched information
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.1 - Students will communicate in a persuasive and engaging manner through speeches, multimedia presentations and written and oral reports, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.2 - Students will use skills of informal debate to persuasively express differing viewpoints regarding an issue
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.3 - Students will elicit, clarify and respond appropriately to questions, ideas and diverse points of view presented in discussions
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.4 - Students will make reasoned comments relating to the topic of discussion
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.5 - Students will listen to others to understand their perspectives
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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