Unit 4: Consumerism, Quality of Life
& Environmental Issues (ch. 7 & 9)
Unit 4 Calendar
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Textbook: Chapter 7 & 9
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Consumerism & Quality of Life - Student Handout
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Introduction to Consumerism
consumerism_and_you.ppt | |
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*Turn on subtitles
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Check your Understanding:
1. What is the meaning of consumerism?
2. What is the difference between quality of life and standard of living?
3. What are some things that influence you as a consumer?
4. What does your consumer behavior say about you – how does it relate to your identity?
1. What is the meaning of consumerism?
2. What is the difference between quality of life and standard of living?
3. What are some things that influence you as a consumer?
4. What does your consumer behavior say about you – how does it relate to your identity?
Marketing
Check your Understanding:
1. What is marketing? 2. Choose 5 techniques and explain how they have influenced you – provide examples.
Marketing Project:
Create two advertisements that use ~4 different marketing techniques. You can choose to market a product or an event. You will also need to include a short write up for each advertisement that will explain the marketing techniques you chose and how your advertisements effectively demonstrate the techniques. *Submit the document via Google Classroom that includes the ads (pictures if you did it by hand or right on the document + the short write-up for each ad) **You can later add these to your Mars Project in Section IV. DUE: Tuesday, December 15 via Google Classroom |
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Consumer Action
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Check your Understanding:
1. How does the government influence our consumer choices? 2. What is consumer sovereignty? 3. Why can boycotting a product be a powerful tool to make large businesses change? 4. How do my purchases influence others?
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The True Cost + What is Mica? Discussion form -- Due Thursday, December 17, 2020
Be a Catalyst of Change: The True Cost
***Not Applicable for Fall 2020 semester*** Write a reflection on the following:
Requirements: up to 2 pages in APA format. Don't forget to reference and cite where necessary. Submit via Google Classroom by (Date: TBA) What is mica? The Dark Secret Behind your Favourite Make-up Products
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Political Cartoon Assignment --- ***Not Applicable for Fall 2020 semester***
DUE: TBA
Open the planning sheet, complete that and add your cartoon to the last page of the document.
DUE: TBA
Open the planning sheet, complete that and add your cartoon to the last page of the document.
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Consumerism & the Environment
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Check your Understanding:
1. How can you demonstrate to others your opinions on how to balance the environment and the economy? 2. Summarize the Kyoto Protocol – why do some people support it and why are others opposed to it? 3. What does it mean to live in a disposable society? 4. How do planned obsolescence and perceived obsolescence relate to our disposable society? 5. How does our consumption of goods impact Aboriginal groups? 6. How does your opinion regarding the balance of the environment and the economy demonstrate your ideology? 7. Define the following terms – biodiversity, ecosystem, land use, sustainable development. |
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Visit Google Classroom for exemplars of Khawater projects...