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Disagreeing: Behaviour That, When Added Together, Has Catastrophic Consequence
Disagreeing: Behaviour That, When Added Together, Has Catastrophic Consequence
Disagreeing: Behaviour That, When Added Together, Has Catastrophic Consequence
I disagree
Agree
I think so too
I completely agree
Speculating
I wonder if its
Perhaps
I reckon
Stage Two
The objective of this stage is to engage the students, and allow them to speculate and make guesses.
Put the students in small groups, and tell them that you are going to show them a few images. Explain that the images
are composite photographsthey are an image made up of lots of smaller images, and they all represent a social
issue. Students must discuss the following two questions:
Next, tell the students to find out what each of the images represents, and what the photographs themselves were
composed of. Play the video from 1 minute, and stop the video at minute 7.
Answer Key:
Image one:
Image two:
Image three:
Image four:
Image five:
Number of hospital emergency room visits due to abuse and misuse of prescription medication every year
Image Six:
1.
Listen and note down what each number represents:
1,000,000 _____________________
6 hours _____________________
4 000 000 _____________________
40,000,000 _____________________
15 minutes_____________________
1 out of four _____________________
2.3 million _____________________
10 x 25 _____________________
400,000 + _____________________
1,100 / day _____________________
Whats the second most popular plastic surgery, and who has it the most?
Answer Key:
1,000,000 plastic cups used on aeroplanes
6 hours: 1 million cups used on aeroplanes in this time period
4 000 000 plastic cups used every day. Not recycled.
40,000,000 paper cups used every day (often for hot drinks)
15 minutes image represents 15 minutes worth of paper cups used
1 out of four prisoners in the world are Americans imprisoned in the USA
2.3 million Americans incarcerated in 2005
10 x 25 = size of the canvass
400,000 + people die a year from smoking cigarettes in the USA
1,100 / day number of Americans who die from smoking related illnesses every day
How many Vicodin pills are there?
213,000
What fraction of overdoses are due to abuse of prescription medicine?
1/3
Whats the second most popular plastic surgery, and who has it the most?
Liposuction: men.
Next, stop the video at 7 minutes and go over the students answers. If necessary, replay the sections they were
unable to answer. Once you have made all corrections, tell the students to write down a summary of Jordans
conclusion.
Suggested answer:
People are unable to comprehend such large numbers that represent terrible social and environmental problems. His
photography attempts to translate the problems to a visual medium, that people can understand and relate to.
His big question is: How do we change as a culture and how do we take responsibility as individuals?
Stage five discussion / optional presentation for faster groups
Finally, put students in small groups. Display the photographs again. Ask students to discuss in their groups which
they felt was the most serious issue and why.
After 3 or 4 minutes of discussion, have each group feedback their ideas.
If time allows, tell students that they must think of a solution to an environmental or social problem that affects their
business, school, country or community. They should describe the issue and decide on two or three ways of solving it.
Have them briefly present their ideas to the class at the end.
Feedback with positive points and error correction.