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Comparing Cruelty Lesson Plan - Consuming Cruelty: Analysing Animal Product Consumption and Designing Future Alternatives - Design and Technology Years 9-10

Category Lesson plan
Subjects & Topics "Design, engineering and technology / General design considerations", "Design, engineering and technology / Textile technology", "Design, engineering and technology / Graphic and product design", "Design, engineering and technology", "Design, engineering and technology / Food technology"
Year Levels Year 9, Year 10
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In these activities, students are asked to critically examine the facts and figures used in the Voiceless Animal Cruelty Index (VACI); questioning how animal cruelty can be linked to the consumption of animal products. Students will then consider what countries could be doing better in order to protect animals from cruelty. Students will have the opportunity to design sustainable solutions to current and predicted future environmental problems to protect our world and the animals within it.

 

These activities refer to the Voiceless Animal Cruelty Index (VACI) as its primary resource. The VACI tracks the animal welfare performance of 50 countries that were selected among the largest producers of farmed animal products in the world.

 

The interactive Index evaluates and ranks the countries based on the nature, extent, and intensity of cruelty associated with farmed animal production. In addition, it also assesses and ranks the consumption of farmed animals and animal products and evaluates the regulatory frameworks put in place to protect animals within each country.

 

This lesson includes:

  • Australian Curriculum alignment

  • Lesson Plans for Years 9-10 Design and Technology

  • Comparing Cruelty accompanying resources

  • Glossary and Quiz

  • Animal Protection Encyclopedia

 

Access the accompanying Comparing Cruelty resources for this lesson here: https://voiceless.org.au/schools/comparing-cruelty/

 

Explore the Voiceless Animal Cruelty Index (VACI) here: https://vaci.voiceless.org.au/

 

Explore the other Voiceless Animal Protection Education toolkits here: https://voiceless.org.au/schools/

 

This Australian Curriculum alignment statement is based on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials, which are licensed under CC BY 4.0. The material has been modified from the Australian Curriculum website (accessed January 2020).

All activities have been created by educators for educators and are linked to the Australian Curriculum (Version 8.4). We advise teachers to consult the ACARA website for the most up-to-date curriculum outcomes.

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