Kendrick Kelsey: Circular Economy Is Caring for People & Planet

Positives

• Family responsibility is important to the interviewee, and his narrative presents a positive story of respecting one's family members and being mindful of one's attitude so that a positive family unit can continue.
• The interviewee stresses personal responsibility toward the environment, and the video provides an example of what each student can do to assist in cleaning up our planet.
• The resource provides discussion questions to facilitate a deeper connection to the content in the video.

Additional Prerequisites

• The interviewee proudly recounts his time in the military service so teachers can prepare for student questions and comments about life in the military.
• Racism is a prominent topic in the video in both the historical sense and still happening today, especially regarding police, so teachers may wish to have a brief class discussion about racism after the video ends.
• The video discusses climate grief and the interviewee's opinion that one must continue to help the environment. 
  

Differentiation

• The interviewee discusses his life story so English teachers can have students watch the video and then create autobiographies.
• The goals of the Lifecycle Building Center are to help the community and keep items out of landfills, so civics teachers can have students watch the video and then research local landfills and how to create more public awareness of recycling and upcycling. 
• The resource includes several links to action steps, guides, and social connections so teachers can have students work in small groups to collect information and then create a presentation for the class.