In this lesson, students will read and analyze excerpts from Henry David Thoreau's journals and discuss their relevance in understanding climate change.
This lesson uses the story of Big Creek, Idaho, to hook students in and get them thinking about seclusion and connection to nature.
This lesson fosters an understanding of the importance of a connection to nature.
Seeing people enjoy nature in the modern day is inspiring.
Prerequisites
In the Facilitator's guide, the link to the Elsevier journal article is broken. This article can be found here.
Differentiation & Implementation
After discussing citizen science, teachers can introduce students to a local citizen science project that they can participate in. This lesson, though designed for younger learners, has links to a citizen science project that students in all regions can take part in.
Inspired by Thoreau's journals, teachers can encourage students to spend a certain amount of time that week in nature and journal about their experience. This nature journaling activity has excellent connections to SEL that may benefit students.
This lesson may inspire a discussion about how modern technology has caused some of us to lose touch with nature and how this may impact well-being as a whole.
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