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Growing Trees Against All Odds: Neema's Story
Provided by: Ecosia |Published on: November 15, 2022
Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This video follows the story of Neema, a woman from a small community in Tanzania, and her efforts to protect her local environment.
- Neema discusses the importance of preserving trees and taking care of nature and the effects of climate change on her community.
Subjects: Social Studies, Biology
Authors: ECOSIA
Region: Africa
Languages: Swahili
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Positives
- This video presents a great example of how individuals and communities play an important and impactful role in protecting their local environment.
- Neema is setting a great example by making a difference in her community through leadership and education.
Additional Prerequisites
- Although the video is presented in Swahili, subtitles in English are presented and are available in other languages as well.
- Students should have a general understanding of how climate change affects the water cycle.
Differentiation
- Have students consider what actions they can take in their community to protect their local environment.
- Have students consider how protecting trees could help the community adapt to the effects of climate change.
- This resource can also be used in health classes during lessons about the impacts of climate change on human health and during social studies classes during lessons about inequality.
- Students can watch this other video about another Tanzanian village that is protecting their local environment.
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About the Partner Provider
Ecosia
Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees with its ads revenue. They have a YouTube Channel that has educational content as well to further their mission: to regenerate degraded landscapes, support rural communities and establish climate justice, one tree at a time.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
