Women and Girls, You Are Part of the Climate Solution
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Provided by: TED|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This TED video featuring Rumaitha Al Busaidi of Oman is about helping girls and women gain access to education and employment opportunities so they can become better advocates for climate change.
- Students will learn how women and girls are disproportionately displaced by climate impacts and still face workplace discrimination.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Civics
Authors: Rumaitha Al Busaidi
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource highlights the importance of providing girls and women with better educational and workforce opportunities.
- The speaker is an inspiring woman that students can look up to, conveying the message that women are capable.
Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with basic climate change terms such as global warming, greenhouse gases, emissions, etc.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers can assign the video to students and ask them to write a reflection summary or create a graphic organizer on their understanding.
- Students can be paired with a partner and be asked to create a storyboard (drawings) about their understanding of the video with their partner.
- Students can also watch this similar TED talk by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson.
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