Family Planning: Why It Matters
Provided by: Project Look Sharp|Published on: April 27, 2021|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12, AP
Type: Lesson Plans
Subjects: Civics, English Language Arts, Health
Authors: Project Look Sharp, Sox Sperry
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Synopsis
- In this activity, students watch three short videos about the importance and effects of family planning.
- Students use media decoding strategies and guiding questions to analyze the messages presented in the clips.
- The resource provides questions for social studies, ELA, and media literacy.
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Positives
- Teachers are able to customize the lesson to suit their subject area by selecting which questions to use.
Additional Prerequisites
- All the lesson materials are available to download, but teachers must first create a free account with Project Look Sharp.
- Teachers should review the "How to Use Materials" section associated with this activity.
- For educators in faith-based schools, it is important to check the compatibility with values taught and upheld.
Differentiation
- This activity could be used to introduce a debate related to the 1968 declaration of the United Nations, that "parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children."
- Educators can apply this in economics by evaluating the economic impact of population decreases and increases.
- Other similar resources include the videos How to Defuse the Overpopulation Bomb, Human Population Through Time, and How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Stop Global Warming.
The resource underpins the need to engage in family planning discourse to reduce population growth which will, in turn, cut down carbon footprint from the household level to the global level. Recommended for teaching.
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