Teaching Tips

• To help address equity concerns, it may be helpful to focus on classroom-level solutions so that all students can participate equally regardless of their personal or family resources. However, it is also powerful to help students consider their potential agency in the context of past and current climate activists. It may even be helpful to discuss this topic directly with older students. Teachers know their students and should keep the balance of individual vs. classroom vs. community action in mind when teaching this lesson.
• It may be helpful for teachers to do some research in advance to see what types of local climate hazards are happening that students could address through activism. It may also be useful to have a list of local and/or regional climate activists that students can research.

About the Content

• Learning about the science and data of climate change can be overwhelming for students. Combining science-focused lessons with pathways to action and examples of activism can help provide students with a sense of agency.
• Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.

About the Pedagogy

• To provide students with the most recent examples of activism, consider including Ecorise Stories, https://ecorise.org/stories/, or other similar resources in this lesson.
• Make sure to discuss the importance of BIPOC led work and how to support what communities are already working on in relation to climate justice.

Technical Details/Ease of Use

• This lesson requires computer and internet access.

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