Young People Taking Action to Protect our Warming Planet
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Provided by: Project Look Sharp|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this media literacy activity, students will analyze four article excerpts on youth from Baltimore, Indonesia, California, Canada, and the coast of Florida who are working for social and environmental justice.
- This resource includes a lesson plan and a student handout.
Subjects: Social Studies, English Language Arts
Authors: Project Look Sharp, Joanne Church & Sox Sperry
Region: Asia, North America, USA - Northeast, USA - West, USA - South, United States, California, Florida, Maryland
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The lesson plan provides discussion questions for a variety of academic subjects.
- Students will enjoy reading about youth who took a stand against climate change and made changes in their communities.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers must create a free account to access materials.
- This handout will help students determine if the sources are reliable.
Differentiation
- Students can respond to questions individually or in small groups before discussing the answers as a class.
- Students can discuss environmental problems in their communities and think of ways to challenge those problems.
- Other resources on this topic include this video on youth activists fighting for climate justice, this SubjectToClimate lesson plan on getting involved in climate activism, and this TED video featuring a youth activist.
The resource is suitable for preparing students to develop tactics for local, national, regional, and global environmental stress. There is no contradiction in the methods used and this resource is recommended for teaching climate, environmental, and social justice.
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Project Look Sharp
Project Look Sharp is a nonprofit, mission-driven outreach program of Ithaca College. Their mission is to help K-16 educators enhance students' critical thinking, metacognition, and civic engagement through media literacy materials and professional development.
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