Global Warming's Six Americas, Fall 2023

Positives

• The article features an embedded image showing the Six Americas over time.
• It allows students to see how perspectives have changed and that more people are becoming aware of the climate crisis.

Additional Prerequisites

• The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication has robust public opinion data. These interactive climate opinion maps are great to explore with this report.

Differentiation

• Students can design and conduct a survey of their classmates and teachers in school to see their views on climate change.
• This would be a great interdisciplinary reading and activity, where students could graph their results and write a short report on their findings.
• Students could take the Six Americas Super Short Survey to see if they are Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, or Dismissive.