LINKS TO THE
SCHOOL CURRICULA
Dear teachers,
We sincerely hope that this file will help you incorporate this documentary in your course material. Lots of the ideas developed here can be found in your school curricula for students aged 14+. Obviously, the scope of its use proportionally increases with the participants’ age, and it can be used to its full potential with students aged 16+.
Unfortunately, it’s impossible to exhaustively cover the specifics of each country, but you’ll find a list to help guide you depending on the material you wish to use and how old your students are.
BIOLOGY
A balanced ecosystem?
• Find the many different factors and explain the relationships involved in a dynamic, steadystate ecosystem.
• Concepts covered: species; biotope; biocenosis; ecosystems; interand intraspecific relationships between living organisms; transfer of matter and energy flow.
Unity and diversity of living beings (and) From genetics to evolution
• Despite their extraordinary diversity, highlight the similarities between living beings and infer that they have a common origin.
• Based on observations of changes to biodiversity over time, provide an initial explanation for the way species evolve.
• Concepts covered: plant cells; animal cells; bacterial cells; biodiversity; timeline of evolution; hypothetical common ancestors; natural selection.
The impact of man on ecosystems
• Identify and explain the significant impact of human activity on an ecosystem.
• Develop a scientific argument to criticise how the actions of human beings impact an ecosystem, offering preventive and remedial solutions.
• Concepts covered: ecosystems (food webs; transfer of matter and energy); 5 main causes for loss of biodiversity; overexploitation of resources; pollution; biological invasion; climate change; ecological footprint; ecosystem services (production, regulation, well-being).
Ecology
• Concepts covered: abiotic fac- tors; biotic factors; ecosystems (diversity, functioning, dynamics).
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Chemical equilibria
Predict in which direction evo- lution is heading with an irrever- sible reaction
Earth and the cosmos
• Temperature
• Structure
• Atmosphere
• Greenhouse effect
• Radiation balance
ENGLISH
The English teacher will find things to build up their course material throughout this file. It will include the following:
Know-how
justification, clarification / defending an opinion, judgement of fact or value judgement, negotiation...
Knowledge
evolution and current thinking, factors influencing periodic changes, formal language style, literature and writers, evolution of cultures...
Furthermore, a large number of literary works are recommended in each topic under the “experience the topic” section. They are categorised by the quality of their content and diverse styles (from Rabelaisian novels to comics, as well as old and new philosophical tales).
HISTORY
Issues and challenges of our time
use the past to shed light on challenges of our time
Growth and crises
growth or economic development process; social stratification and inequality; what constitutes a crisis
Ideological currents
capitalist, collectivist, liberal systems, legal system: rights and duties; democratic or non-democratic features of a system; characteristics of humanism-inspired opinions or philosophies
GEOGRAPHY
• Sustainable development
• Globalization
• Migration
• Geological ages
• Anthropocene
• Uneven population and resource distribution
• Natural hazard and technological management
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The teacher will find things to build up their course material throughout this file. It will include the following:
• Competition and cooperation
• Consensus and conflict
• Public and private
• Individual vs collective
• Self-interested behavior vs. normative behavior
• Production and reproduction
• Commercial and non-commercial
• Social inclusion and exclusion
• Humans dealing with consumption; work; free time; their environment; hardship.
ECONOMICS
• Economic indicators and measurements
• Economic approaches
• Economic policies
• Economic international relations
• Civil and social rights
PHILOSOPHY AND
CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
The teacher will find things to build up their course material throughout this file. Here are some of them:
• Evolution and current thinking factors influencing periodic changes evolution of cultures
• Social and political relationship with the environment
• Participating in the democratic process
• Legitimacy and legality of norms
• Truth and Power
• Science and expertise
Distinguishing between a democratic debate and scientific expertise, and attempts to use science
• Bioethics
• Freedom and responsibility
concepts and conditions of individual and collective commitment
• The State: why, how far?
call the concept of the State into question, hypothetically opt for a political system and justify it
Furthermore, a large number of literary works are recommended in each topic under the “experience the topic” section. They are categorised by the quality of their content and diverse styles (from Aristotle to comics, as well as old and new philosophical tales).