Goals in My Community

Base XP: 240

Learning Target(s):

Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts
Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world
Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understanding and extend thinking
Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can our individual communities participate in global initiatives?

The Sustainable Development Goals, developed by the United Nations, are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet.

They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection.

The UN has set 17 goals.

Examine the complete list of goals on the UN’s website. Pick a few that sound interesting or important to you and then click to read further about how the UN plans to reach their goal. Keep in mind these are big goals. Watch the video to the right to see an update on the progress and ways to measure these goals.

Task:

Your task is to choose ONE of these goals and create a presentation that explores how your chosen goal connects to your community. In other words, how is it dealt with or not dealt with in your community? You may choose to look at your town, province, or country. There are many links throughout the UN site to help you learn more about each goal. Be sure to choose one that is applicable to your situation. You most likely will not find the goal being DIRECTLY dealt with, but more so INDIRECTLY. For example, if you chose the clean water and sanitation goal, you may look into the age and quality of your water and how your community ensures to keep it safe and up to date. Or perhaps you would like to look at affordable and clean energy to see how your community addresses clean energy.

The final product will be a polished presentation that includes a visual component, an audio component, and properly formatted works cited list. You will use the skills that we’ve developed in this course to accomplish the task. You’ll use your spoken word skills to deliver a well-crafted and well-performed speech on your chosen topic; you’ll use your visual design skills to develop an engaging visual aid to support your spoken word, and you’ll use your research skills to gather information from valid sources and give credit where credit is due.

Create a 3-5 minute presentation that uses visual, textual, and spoken components to clearly communicate your message. Demonstrate thorough research with at least 3 sources in addition to the UN website. Presentation slides should include in-text citations and the final slide should be your works cited list. Visual components should be engaging and should support your information (not just decoration). Your voice should be clearly heard and the spoken component should be well-rehearsed and polished with a formal tone. Spoken elements support the slide information by adding elements rather than reading off the slides.

You may accomplish this task in a number of different ways:

Record your presentation using a screencasting software such as Adobe Spark or Screencastify (a Chrome Extension). You may choose to include just your voice and the screen or to use your webcam to include your facial expressions for a more engaging product.
Record your presentation using a video camera in a style similar to a TED Talk, where the speaker is fully visible and the visual aid is shown when the slides change or when it is applicable.
You may do this ANY way you like, as long as your voice can be clearly heard and the visual aid is present.

Submit your completed assignment in the dropbox when it's ready, and please let me know if you require additional XP.

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