Climate Justice / Climate Strikes Teaching Module
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Students around the world are leading climate strikes every Friday to call attention to and mobilize greater action to limit climate crisis and the harm it poses to all beings, especially already vulnerable, marginalized human communities. These strikes occasionally culminate in heightened weeks of action, like the September 20-27, 2019, Global Climate Strikes . Educators from around the world, including faculty at hundreds of colleges and universities, are called on to support these strikes. This lesson plan is designed to facilitate educator efforts to teach in solidarity with the climate strikes
and the folks leading them, and to encourage greater action toward climate justice by both faculty and students.
Details:
Resource Type(s):
Assessment, Assignment, Class Activity, Lecture, PowerPoint, Video, Website
Author(s):
Corrie Grosse
Erica Morrell
Date Published:
2/12/2020
Subject Area:
Environmental Sociology
Class Level:
Any
Class Size:
Any
Language:
English
Usage Notes:
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See Pre-Class Assignment supplemental file for readings to be assigned as pre-class homework.
Use PowerPoint (download via link in PowerPoint Link supplemental file). See instructor notes with each slide for entire presentation.
Begin class with an overview of climate change (slides 2-9). 5-10 minutes.
Introduce Greta Thunberg and show her Ted Talk (slides...
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Goal 1:
Understand climate crisis, analyze “climate justice”, articulate nature and history of Global Climate Strikes.
Assessment 1:
Show of hands and in-class discussion.
Goal 2:
Apply “equity” and “intersectionality” to real-world climate scenarios.
Assessment 2:
Scenario discussions and reporting.
Goal 3:
Communicate climate justice principles to public audiences.
Assessment 3:
Take Home Assignment.
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Buente 2017.pdfCarlson.pdfClimate Strike FAQs.pdfHeglar 2019 Climate Change Aint The First Existential Threat.pdfHeglar 2019.pdfcitation.docxLazarovic 2019.pdfPost-Class Assignment.pdfPowerPoint Usage Notes.pdfPre-Class Assignment.pdfScenario 1 Hurricane Maria Case.pdfScenario 2 2018 California Wildfires Case.pdfScenario 3 Kivalina Case.pdfScenario 3 Reader 1 Kivalina Case.pdfScenario 3 Reader 2 Kivalina Case.pdfScenario 4 Water Protectors at Standing Rock Case.pdfTeaching Module Climate Justice Climate Strikes.pdfClimate Strike PowerPoint.pptx