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=**Start The Next Revolution Now!** = // Our world today is very different from what it was 10,000 years ago when our ancestors first began farming to feed themselves. We need to work together to find many new solutions to survive and advance in our changing environment. //

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Can you change the world? Are you crazy enough to try?
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**MP4U Innovation ACTION PROJECT**

**Background**  Ten thousand years ago, our ancestors turned to agriculture as a way to feed themselves. As the population of Homo Sapiens grew, being a hunter-gatherer was not a sustainable option for many people. Agriculture solved the problem of finding a dependable food supply as the population grew. Today, with our population surpassing 7,000,000,000 (yes, 7 BILLION) on 31 October 2011, we have to find new solutions to feed our population and protect our changing environment.

Now that you’ve examined the problem in great detail, it is time to take action to help work to implement an innovative solution to some of our agricutlural problems.

If you had great influence, what might you be able to do to help? Be realistic (no “magic”), be creative, be practical. Sometimes simple solutions can have a great impact. We are looking for real-world long-term solutions, not quick fixes like “raising money” to give to someone else to solve the problem…YOU are the problem solvers!

Think about: o Who needs to/will be involved? o What materials are needed? o Where will you start? Why there? (what part of the world/location) o How much time will it take to get your solution started? o How much time will it take to show success? How will you determine success? o Why is this the best solution? What advantage does this solution have over other possible ones?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How much money do you need for your solution?

=<span style="background-color: #fbff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Present your Action Project Proposal** =
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use something __//**like**//__ Powerpoint, Keynote, or Prezi to form the basis of your presentation. Whatever you choose, it has to be published to your blog when you are finished.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Slides or Prezi stops may only have 10 __**words or less**__ per slide or Prezi stop.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The main focus is on the images and you TELLING us about the problem and your proposed solution.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You can include film clips that you’ve created for the purpose of this presentation. You can use film clips and images from different sources, your own images, and your own film clips.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anything you take from other sources MUST be cited on an Image/Clip Attribution Page.
 * You will present LIVE in class, so you will need to practice your presentation.
 * End by asking your audience to join you in taking action!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**What You Can Do Now?** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">OK…so you don't have great influence over many people…what can you do as a 6th grader to help with this problem NOW? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In this section tell us what you can do or what you are planning to do to help with this problem.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Options (whatever you choose must include a way of educating people about the problem and solution)**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">create and distribute a pamphlet to educate people and help them make good choices.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">write a children’s story and read it to younger children to educate and change how they and their family eat.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">raise awareness & fund raise <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">hold a fundraiser to raise money to support other groups working to solve this problem while calling attention to it
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">hold an event such as an activity, simulation, or demonstration during lunch/after school/synergy to make others aware of this problem and/or any solutions
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">use technology to link other people and increase their awareness to this problem.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">build a working model of your solution in action
 * start a petition to push for an organization, business or government to do something differently