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This video features black-and-white photographs of climate protests interspersed with Raphael delivering his poem.
Background music adds urgency and intensity to the mood of the poem.
Additional Prerequisites
Solli Raphael was 13 years old when this video was produced.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific produced this video.
Solli Raphael's poem references several Australian landmarks, including the Adani coal mine, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Great Australian Bight.
Differentiation
Language arts and creative writing students could watch this video for inspiration before writing their own climate-related poems. Students could include elements pertinent to their location (e.g., students in California could focus on wildfires).
English language arts students could analyze Raphael's poem, noting the use of figurative language and other poetic devices.
This video could be used in a variety of settings to motivate and inspire students to take climate action.
