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Climate Action Campaign Lab Lesson Handout

Climate Action Campaign Lab Lesson Handout Ā· Years 7ā€“10

Year LevelYears 7ā€“10
TypeStudent handout ā€” classroom resource

Ngā Whāinga Akoranga Ā· Learning Intentions

  • Investigate a significant question using evidence from multiple sources
  • Analyse and evaluate information to form and support a reasoned position
  • Connect learning to real-world contexts, including Aotearoa New Zealand settings
  • Communicate understanding clearly and accurately for a specific audience

Paearu Angitu Ā· Success Criteria

  • I use at least two sources and can evaluate their credibility
  • My position is clearly stated and supported by specific evidence
  • I can connect my learning to at least one real-world Aotearoa context
  • My communication is clear, organised, and appropriate for the audience

Lesson 7 Companion Ā· Years 9-10

Climate Action Campaign Lab

Ākonga transfer learning from historical movements into a realistic local campaign brief with explicit evidence, ethics, and implementation decisions.

Focus: strategic transfer Output: campaign brief + pitch Assessment: moderation ready

Learning Intentions

Apply

Use historical movement tactics to justify contemporary action design choices.

Plan

Build a feasible campaign pathway with audience, timeline, and risk controls.

Defend

Pitch decisions using evidence, stakeholder reasoning, and ethical safeguards.

Success criteria: campaign brief includes evidence, target audience, tactic rationale, timeline milestones, and ethical risk mitigations.

Video Trigger + Campaign Design Lens

Anchor source: youth climate leadership

Use the source to identify what makes campaigns durable, credible, and politically effective.

Analysis prompts

  1. What evidence is used to justify action?
  2. Which tactic builds relationships, not just visibility?
  3. How is opposition anticipated and managed?
  4. What makes the campaign feasible in 8 weeks?

Campaign quality checks

  • Issue is specific and local enough to act on.
  • Audience and decision-maker are clearly named.
  • At least two movement lessons inform tactic choices.
  • Ethics statement protects affected communities.

Structured Lesson Tasks

Task 1: Strategy retrieval wall (10 mins)

Teams list one transferable tactic from each of Lessons 1-6 and identify likely strengths/risks.

Task 2: Issue narrowing sprint (10 mins)

Use the issue filter: urgency, local relevance, actor clarity, data availability.

Task 3: Campaign brief build (35 mins)

Complete brief sections: problem statement, evidence, audience, tactics, timeline, ethics, and indicators.

Task 4: Pitch + critique cycle (20 mins)

2-minute pitch plus 1-minute feedback focused on feasibility, evidence precision, and stakeholder alignment.

Task 5: Reflection handoff (5 mins)

Individual reflection: Which historical movement most influenced your campaign design and why?

Resources + Assessment

Differentiation options

  • Support: campaign template with sentence starters and checkpoints.
  • Extension: include success metrics and monitoring dashboard design.
  • Alternative output: storyboard + narrated audio pitch.

Capstone evidence

  • Campaign brief
  • Pitch recording/notes
  • Individual reflection

Teacher look-fors

  • Historical transfer is explicit, not implied
  • Evidence claims are specific and verifiable
  • Ethics and stakeholder impact are addressed clearly

Follow-through

Select feasible briefs for term extension projects with community or school leadership partnerships.

Teacher Notes

Facilitation moves

  • Push teams from awareness slogans to decision-targeted actions.
  • Require one evidence citation each time a tactic is proposed.

Localisation cue

  • Prioritise place-based issues identified by ākonga and whānau.
  • Map likely local partners before final pitch round.
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Hononga Marautanga Ā· Curriculum Alignment

Curriculum alignment for this handout has not yet been verified against the live curriculum statements. A generated placeholder that stood here was removed on 2026-08-29 because it matched no real statement.

Tuhia ōu whakaaro Ā· Write Your Thoughts

Reflect on your learning. What was the most important idea? What question do you still have?

Aronga Mātauranga Māori

This resource sits within a kaupapa that recognises mātauranga Māori as a living knowledge system with its own frameworks, values, and ways of understanding the world. The New Zealand Curriculum calls for learning that reflects the bicultural partnership of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, which means every subject area has an obligation to engage authentically with Māori perspectives ā€” not as cultural decoration but as substantive contributions to how we understand our topics. The concepts of manaakitanga (care for others), kaitiakitanga (guardianship), whanaungatanga (relationship and belonging), and tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) provide a values framework applicable across all learning areas, and all are relevant to the work in this handout.

Ngā Rauemi Tautoko Ā· Resources already provided

This handout is designed to be used alongside other resources in the same unit. Related materials are linked in the unit planner. All content is provided ā€” no additional preparation is required to use this handout in your classroom.