My Climate Story

• This 8-lesson toolkit can help teachers and adults guide students through activities and worksheets to explore their emotions related to climate change and compose their own personal climate story.
• This guide provides excellent context related to eco-anxiety, social-emotional learning pedagogy, and self-reflection. and provides instructional strategies for each lesson.

Positives

• The series of lessons effectively scaffolds a student's journey in exploring their place in nature to taking action for climate change.
  
• The printable worksheets use excellent images and clear, simple layouts to support students.
  
• The lesson plan and background learning theory provided to teachers are thorough and helpful.

Additional Prerequisites

• This toolkit is a compliment to a curriculum by Little Green Thumbs called "Plants, People, and Climate Change." The lessons in the toolkit can be completed with or without completing the complimentary curriculum.

Differentiation

• The eight lessons can be done in a series or individually depending on classroom objectives.
• Samples of climate stories are provided for students to use as models as they craft their own. Consider having students present their climate stories to the class after they finish their writing assignment.
• This video also addresses climate anxiety and this video highlights the power of climate storytelling. 
• The lessons are interdisciplinary, covering topics in science, social studies, and English Language Arts.
  

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