Black Lives Matter and Climate Change: What's the Connection?

• This media literacy lesson helps students identify factual news information from opinion by analyzing two different articles about climate change and the Black Lives Matter movement. 
• Students will use critical thinking skills to evaluate the content of the articles and answer the selected questions.
  

Positives

• The lesson includes decoding questions related to many different subjects: social studies, science, ELA, and media literacy.
• The lesson plan and student activities can be used digitally or printed.

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers will need to make a free account with Project Look Sharp to access the resources. 
• Teachers will benefit from reading the Activity Plan and How-To Guide for student differentiation recommendations. 

Differentiation

• Civics, geography, and English teachers could use this lesson alongside the StC lesson A Look at Cancer Alley or this other environmental justice lesson.
  
• This lesson could be used to engage students in the topic before they conduct their own research to come up with explanations and identify solutions. 
  
• Other related resources to extend this lesson are The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S and How Will Climate Change Disproportionately Affect Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color.

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