Action for the Climate Emergency, Our Climate Our Future
This lesson explores concepts in climate emergencies and how civilians can use policy to advocate for change in their community. It also addresses eco-anxiety and connects students to climate activism in their community by creating a poster.
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Consider engaging students in a conversation about what specific demands they would like met should a climate emergency be declared since legislators are more apt to act quickly if they are given explicit instructions.
This lesson could be taught at the end of a unit on climate change science, in tandem with a social studies curriculum, or as an extension to the science curriculum in a club or other context.
This is not a science lesson, but builds on student's understanding of climate change and the scientific consensus. Students will get the most benefit out of this exercise if they are familiar with climate change science from other curricula.
This is an extremely important lesson in activism, however teachers will need to provide additional scientific information about climate change if that is desired for their audience.
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This is a powerful lesson that may be more appropriate for a social studies curriculum in tandem with investigations of evidence in a science classroom.
With older students or students who are more independent, this resource would work well individually. If working with younger students, teachers should consider providing additional support and could be done best as a whole class together rather than individually.
This resource supports multiple learning styles with relatable videos embedded throughout. This lesson is broken into well defined pieces with instructions for teachers to guide students though it.
Students will need to create an account to use Canva templates for the poster exercise. Educators will need to be informed about essential climate change topics and be compassionate about how students express climate anxiety.
