The mayor is quoted in this article sharing an important message about the importance of doing one’s part, but that this only works if everyone does their part.
This article itself is brief, allowing for a stress-free introduction to the plan, followed by the potential to scaffold the information.
Prerequisites
Students should understand climate change and be familiar with adaptation and mitigation solutions.
Differentiation & Implementation
Students reading through the plan or the top 20 priority actions can easily make connections to the Sustainable Development Goals that are represented within many of the action items.
Teachers can make connections to environmental justice by highlighting actions such as prioritizing low tree equity score neighborhoods. This lesson can help students understand how tree equity connects to social justice.
Students can select one of the 20 priority actions shared in the attached document to research further and determine how they and their classmates can do their parts to help with this action.
Older students can work with the administration to create a climate plan that reflects the city’s climate plan.
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