SubjectToClimate
Suggestions
Student Documents can be collected and used as a formative assessment.
This lesson can be taught in a Social Studies classroom or with any class or after-school club trying to strengthen their sense of community.
During the web activity, students may discover similarities they share with classmates.
Prerequisites
Some of the resources in the Investigate section jigsaw may not be developmentally appropriate for all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Teachers are encouraged to find resources that are better suited to their unique classroom.
Books about the importance of building strength in a community include Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown and It’s Not That Radical by Mikaela Loach.
Students should understand how diversity can strengthen the community, and that no one person can solve a communal problem.
Differentiation
This lesson could be taught before or after the lesson Solving Problems.
As an alternative to the web activity, students can say something kind or something they admire about a classmate before passing them the yarn.
Students who finish the jigsaw activity early can explore other resources.
This lesson explores community traits and rethinks community-led approaches to mitigating the effects of climate change on a local scale. It passed our science credibility rating after a thorough review.