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Why Climate Change Is So Hard to Talk About

Provided by: Hot Mess|Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

This video provides strategies for how to be involved in climate action and how to talk about climate change without feeling defeated.
Students will learn that approaching climate change skeptics with compassion and empathy can lead to more open dialogue.

Subjects: English Language Arts

Authors: Hot Mess

Region: Global

Languages: English

Prerequisites

Review the concept of "fight, flight, or freeze."
Consider defining the terms perennial, collective action, apathetic, agitate, and empathetic.

Interdisciplinary Connections:

Life Skills:
- Role-play climate change conversations to practice using the skills in the video.
English Language Arts:
- Follow the video with a writing exercise where students write about a time when they changed their mind about something and what led them to make that change.

Related Resources:

Pair the video with this lesson and activity on writing a personal narrative on climate change.
Use this guidebook for having climate change conversations.
Check out this video on effective climate change dialogue.

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