Global Challenges and Futures · Term 4

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Students explore the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and their geographic relevance.

Key Questions

  1. Analyze how the Sustainable Development Goals address interconnected global challenges.
  2. Evaluate the feasibility of achieving specific SDGs in different geographic contexts.
  3. Design a local project that contributes to one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability - Grade 8ON: Global Inequalities: Economic and Social - Grade 8CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.6
Grade: Grade 8
Subject: Geography
Unit: Global Challenges and Futures
Period: Term 4

Suggested Methodologies

Project-Based Learning

Extended projects with real-world deliverables

45–60 min

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Case Study Analysis

Deep dive into a real-world case with structured analysis

30–50 min

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Expert Panel

Students research and present as subject experts

30–50 min

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