How These Youth Climate Activists Are Changing the Future
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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Science, Civics
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What it is
- This video interview highlights four young climate activists as they discuss their involvement with the climate movement.
- It provides inspiration for other youth to see that individual actions do matter and that individuals can make a difference.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This video shows students that whatever their talents, they can apply them to something they care about.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with the School Strike for Climate and Greta Thunberg.
- An advertisement may play at the start of the video.
Differentiation
- One of the activists describes an interesting analogy between activism movements and ecosystems, which could connect this resource to biology classes in a unique way.
- Social studies, history, and civics classes could use this resource to compare the climate movement with other social movements in our history.
- Other resources related to this topic include Have the Talk and The Movement.
From the scientist review
Climate activism is imperative to provide a sustainable and green future. The resource spotlights various forms of activism such as climate march for equity, school strike, and campaigns. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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