Teaching Tips

• Consider using a gallery tour activity to assess how much students agree or disagree with each others' answers for discussion questions to engage the entire class at one time.
• Students could be encouraged to work in groups during the research portion. Students could also be asked to nominate someone from their group at the end of class to share out what they learned from reading their case study.

About the Content

• In this activity, students will learn about how agriculture impacts climate change and how climate change impacts agriculture. Students will also learn about agroecology (sustainable farming).
• Students should have a basic understanding of the agricultural processes (crops for human and animal consumption, livestock production) in the US and the environmental factors that effect crop efficiency (disease, drought, flood, temperature) before working through this lesson.

About the Pedagogy

• This resource includes a visual (maps and text) and auditory (podcast) component that may be suitable for a variety of learning styles. Podcast transcripts can be printed.
• A wrap-up discussion is used to assess understanding and to promote student-led lessons on case studies.
• Reviewers of this resource recommend having students listen to the podcast as homework since it is long and difficult to keep students' attention. If done in class, have students take notes or be otherwise engaged to keep their attention.
• Well-organized activity with comprehensive teacher's guide.

Technical Details/Ease of Use

• Maps can be printed, projected, or accessed by student guide for remote lessons.
• Provides accessible data.
• 20-30 mins for prep time.

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