Climate Change in the Irish Mind, 2022

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Grades9, 10, 11, 12, APScience, Social Studies, English Language Arts

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What it is

This 52-page report details how Irish people think and feel about a variety of issues and topics related to climate change.
Students can read generalized responses, see data, and interpret the findings of the study.

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Positives

This paper offers interesting insights into how the Irish population thinks about our changing climate.
Students will be able to read and interpret data regarding a survey that covers many facets of climate change opinion.

Additional Prerequisites

Students should be able to read many types of graphs and charts.
Students should have some prior knowledge of how surveys are conducted.
The paper is lengthy but it can be downloaded for use offline or accessed using the interactive table of contents.

Differentiation

Cross-curricular connections can be made in math classes discussing data analysis or in geography classes investigating how different cultures or groups of people think differently.
Language arts classes could use this paper when working on informational and technical reading strategies.
As an extension, have students conduct a corresponding survey of their own. Using the questions provided, students can ask a set number of family members or friends and report their findings back to the class. You can even create a class report of your findings using a graphics tool.

From the scientist review

This website provides a link to the report, "Climate Change in the Irish Mind," based on findings from a survey asking Irish citizens their beliefs and attitudes about global warming. The report provides the survey questions along with raw data displayed as graphs and charts. This is a well-sourced resource and would be a great addition to a classroom discussion about the changing attitudes towards global warming and what the perceptions of global warming are outside of the United States.

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At a glance

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12, AP
Subjects: Science, Social Studies, English Language Arts
Format: PDF
Language: English
Location: Europe
Provider: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Authors: Anthony Leiserowitz et al., Anthony Leiserowitz, Jennifer Carman, Seth Rosenthal, Liz Neyens, Jennifer Marlon, Margaret Desmond, Sonja Smith, Mary Frances Rochford, Eimear Cotter, Caroline Cronin, Paula Leonard, Sharon Finegan, John O’Mahony, Luke Reaper
Published: February 7, 2023
Last updated: July 16, 2026
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Standards alignment · CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10 + 12 more

Core

Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.10By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.10By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.10By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.2Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.8Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.10By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.10By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

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