SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SSS and Economics

OBJECTIVE

On their own, students should be able to apply the concepts and skills they learned in SSS and Economics to promote sustainability in a real-life community.

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY IN ECONOMICS?

MECHANICSEach class will be assigned a particular community in Pasig.

Each class will be divided into five groups with eight members each.

As a class, they will visit the community to assess their needs and resources by means of observation and interviews. (to be done in SSS)

MECHANICSAs a group, the students will brainstorm on potential business ideas which respond to the community’s needs and which are feasible given their available resources.

The groups will present their proposal to the community representative/s.

The community representative/s will select from among the five proposals presented to them.

PRODUCTION AND EDUCATION

September-November*

TRADE FAIR December*

SIGNIFICANT DATES: FIRST TRIMESTER

ACTIVITY DATE SUBJECT CONCERNED

Meeting with barangay/seminar

July 19, 3:30-5:30pm

SSS

Environmental scan

July 29-August 23

SSS

Business proposal

July 29-August 23

Economics

Presentation of business proposals to community

August 30 Economics

WORK SCHEDULE FOR THE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

ACTIVITY DATE OUTPUTTalk with social worker

July 19 (IV-3, 4)July 22 (IV-1, 2, 5-8)

Sample interview questions

Grouping and initial brainstorming

Week of July 22-26

None

Writing of proposal draft

Week of July 29-August 2

First draft (not to be submitted)

Consultations and editing of proposal

Week of August 5-9

Edited proposal (not to be submitted)

WORK SCHEDULE FOR THE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

ACTIVITY DATE OUTPUTPreparation of PPT presentations

Week of August 12-16

Powerpoint presentation (not to be submitted)

Group reporting to the class and critiquing

Week of August 19-23

Submission of written proposal

Presentation to barangay

Week of August 26-30*

Written proposal to barangay rep

SIGNIFICANT DATES: SECOND AND THIRD TRIMESTERS

ACTIVITY DATE SUBJECT CONCERNED

Production and education

September, November

SSS and Economics

Trade fair December* EconomicsAccounting and evaluation

February SSS and Economics

WHAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR WRITTEN PROPOSAL? (LAYOUT TO BE PROVIDED AFTER GROUPING)

Division of tasks among membersTo work on acquisition and accounting of resources (3 members)

To work on the product design and lead in teaching the community (3 members)

To work on publicity materials and sales (2 members)

Short description of the good or service to be produced and why it is beneficial to the communityWhat need of the local community does this good or service respond to?

WHAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR WRITTEN PROPOSAL? (LAYOUT TO BE PROVIDED AFTER GROUPING)

Budget breakdown (to be presented in tabular form)What material and human resources will be used?How much is the budget allocation for these resources?

Proposed production schedule (to be presented in tabular form)How do you propose to set-up the business in 3 months?

RUBRICS FOR GRADING THE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

CRITERIA SCORERelevance of product to consumer needs 10Sustainable use of community resources 10Feasibility of production schedule 10Organization of written report 5Organization of presentation 5TOTAL 40 points