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Provided by: People for Community Recovery |Published on: February 1, 2023
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This interactive timeline is a biography of Hazel M Johnson and her many years of research and organizing to help protect her community from environmental pollution and housing segregation.
Students will learn about Hazel's life, her birth in Cancer Alley of New Orleans, her efforts in the environmental justice movement in South Chicago, and her remarkable accomplishments.
This resource is incredibly informative and engaging. Students will enjoy learning about Hazel M. Johnson's story.
The biography is broken down into manageable chunks, each with its own photo.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should have some understanding of environmental justice before reading this resource.
Differentiation
Connections can be made in health classes discussing the ways in which people and communities are impacted by environmental pollution.
This resource would make an excellent introduction to the concepts of activism or environmental justice. Go through the timeline together as a class, pausing to discuss the main points and make connections.
Once students have learned about Hazel M. Johnson's legacy, challenge them to learn about other environmental justice activists and report their learning to the class.
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