Are you familiar with Factfulness by Hans Rosling?
I am sure many geographers in my network are. Itโs a text that invites us to imagine the future with #hope by challenging our instincts for negativity, generalisation, and blame.
๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ?
Too often we hold students back from ambitious texts in KS3 and beyond because we underestimate their ability, assume their interest, and don’t have capacity to scaffold appropriately.
That’s why I have contributed to Myatt & Co‘s KS3: The Ambitious Years resources.
In the ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, youโll find a full sequence of six lessons designed to help Grade 7 students engage meaningfully with Factfulness. The student booklet is built around a driving question:
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐, ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐?
Across the sequence, students explore key sections of the book, analyse images, maps, and graphs, engage with video resources, and build toward extended writing. They may even be inspired to finish the rest of the book!
There is also a guide for the teacher which speaks to the pedagogical underpinnings and common misconceptions so you wont get lost even if you haven’t read the text yet yourself.
If you set the bar high for your students, these might be a helpful starting point. And keep an eye: Climate change is Racist for grade 9 is coming soon.
๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ญ: https://lnkd.in/ezamFrta
๐๐ข๐๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ: https://lnkd.in/eDQZDzwS
๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ญ: https://lnkd.in/eKcBktSK
