In 2023, much of the US Midwest was abnormally dry, according to official drought monitor figures. In this video farmers describe how they are feeling about the adverse effects of climate change.
Video length is 3:00.
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Middle School
Disciplinary Core Ideas: 4
Earth and Space Sciences:
MS-ESS3.B: Natural Hazards
MS-ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
Middle School:
Cross Cutting Concepts: 3
Stability and Change
MS-C7.3: Stability might be disturbed either by sudden events or gradual changes that accumulate over time.
MS-C7: Stability and Change
Middle School:
High School
Disciplinary Core Ideas: 7
Earth and Space Sciences:
HS-ESS3 : Earth and Human Activity
HS-ESS3.B1: Natural hazards and other geologic events have shaped the course of human history; [they] have significantly altered the sizes of human populations and have driven human migrations.
HS-ESS3.B: Natural Hazards
HS-ESS3.D1: Though the magnitudes of human impacts are greater than they have ever been, so too are human abilities to model, predict, and manage current and future impacts.
HS-ESS3.D: Global Climate Change
High School:
Cross Cutting Concepts: 3
Stability and Change
HS-C7.2: Change and rates of change can be quantified and modeled over very short or very long periods of time. Some system changes are irreversible.
HS-C7: Stability and Change
High School:
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Climate Literacy
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Technical Details
Teaching Tips
- Consider discussing the impact drought would have on your community and region; which people and industries would be affected and what could be done to mitigate or adapt to those impacts?
- This video doesn't include an overview of ways to engage with the problems described in the video. Consider exploring adaptation to drought with students.
About the Content
- The impacts of drought on farming will have economic and societal impacts and ripple through many systems in the United States. This resource provides a short overview focused on one specific instance of drought in 2023.
- Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.
About the Pedagogy
- Often, the impacts of drought are described without touching on the financial and mental impacts on farmers. This resource does a good job of highlighting some of the people who are impacted so that we don't lose the human element of the story.
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Last Reviewed: January 2025
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