Positives

• The article provides historic insight into the changes that have taken place in the community over time, which has led to the issues they are facing today.
• The article illustrates environmental racism and the need for environmental justice.

Additional Prerequisites

• Per the scientist notes, it will be helpful to discuss the difference between facts and opinions with students.
• Providing students with some background on environmental racism and environmental justice can also help students better understand the article.

Differentiation

• The article includes links to additional studies and information. Teachers can assign groups of students to explore one of the resources and report back key information to the class.
• The article can be read independently, in small groups, or aloud as a whole group to best meet the needs of your students.
• Social studies, civics, or history classes can further explore the many different government organizations and policies mentioned in the article to learn their history and assess their effectiveness.
• In science classes, students can research how the chemicals discussed in the article impact the environment and climate.
• In language arts classes, students can distinguish which claims are well supported by evidence and which are not, and discuss bias in the article.