Year 11 - Citizenship
How can shopping locally and sustainably help the local economy?
How can the local economy support sustainability?
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Unit Summary
Using the example of sustainability, students consider the local economy and its impact on citizens and their local communities.
Lesson Summary
To explain sustainable shopping and consider the impact of spending money locally.
Key Notes
- Sustainable shopping involves environmentally and financially responsible consumer choices, such as buying second-hand.
- Spending locally supports small businesses, leading to job creation and economic growth through the multiplier effect.
- Small businesses contribute to public services by paying business rates and Corporation Tax to fund the local economy.
- National initiatives like Small Business Saturday UK help promote the importance of supporting local enterprises.
- Young people can engage in active citizenship by promoting sustainable and local shopping through social action.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sustainable shopping: using resources and making choices as a consumer in a way that does not harm the environment and can continue for a long time
- circular economy: an economic system based on the reuse and regeneration of materials or products, moving away from the model of 'take, make and throw away'
- multiplier effect: the concept that when consumers spend money at a local business, it stays within the community and continues to circulate, triggering a chain reaction of economic activity that benefits the economy
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Shopping locally or sustainably is always more expensive.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Sustainable shopping involves environmentally and financially responsible consumer choices, such as buying second-hand. Spending locally supports small businesses, leading to job creation and economic growth through the multiplier effect.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'sustainable shopping'
using resources and making choices as a consumer in a way that does not harm the environment and can continue for a long time.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Shopping locally or sustainably is always more expensive. Correction: Many people may believe that making ethical or local shopping choices costs more, without realising the long term financial and environmental benefits, like durability, reduced waste or savings through reused and second-hand items.
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