Otaniemi Upper Secondary School – Sustainable Future Project
Course code, full name, and status (C/EC/OP)
YH03 Finland, Europe and the changing world (C)
Topic
Global challenges and their solutions
Duration
15-75 min
Objectives (directly from the National Core Curriculum):
- develop a broad understanding of globalisation and Finland’s position as part of it
- understand European cooperation as well as collaboration and networking based on international conventions
- are familiar with the operation of the European Union and able to acquire and evaluate critically information about it
- understand their possibilities for involvement and are able to act as European and global citizens
- are able to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of globalisation and the unification of Europe from the perspectives of their lives and Finland’s economic and political system
- are able to analyse and evaluate the changes and threats related to national security and the international security environment as well as the possibilities
Content (directly from the National Core Curriculum):
- the environment, climate, population, and a sustainable future
- actors and possibilities of international cooperation
- Finland and the Nordic countries as part of global networks
- citizenship and engagement in Europe and globally
More detailed description of content if necessary
- Building a sustainable future through international cooperation
- European Union environmental policy and the “Green Deal”
- The role of Finland and the European Union in combating climate change
- Global citizenship
- Environmental issues as security threats
- Opportunities within the international treaty system
Key concepts
globalization, Green Deal, emissions trading, hydrocarbons, new energy solutions, circular economy, sustainable transport solution, biodiversity, ecosystem protection, oceans, European Union, G20, UN (United Nations), NGO (Non-Governmental Organization),Agenda 2030
Connections within the subject
HI01, HI02 ja HI03; YH01 and YH02
Possible model pathways related to the content
Agenda 2030: 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, hydrogen economy, smart technology, transhumanism, and robotization