How Does Climate Change Affect Food Insecurity? (Climate Change, Food Production, and Food Security #6)

In this lesson, students unpack the complexities of the global food system and climate change.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch a video to think about the complexities of the global food system and its connection with climate change.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students create a concept map to connect different ideas and concepts relating to the global food system and climate change.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students use their concept maps to determine which topic has the potential to make the biggest impact on climate change.

Positives

• Students think critically about the ways climate change and the global food system are intertwined.

• Students collaborate and build on ideas they explored in previous lessons.

• Students explore the relationships and connections in a highly complex system in a scaffolded and supported way.

Additional Prerequisites

• This is lesson 6 of 6 in our 6th-8th grade Climate Change, Food Production, and Food Security unit.

• Students will get the most out of this activity if they have completed most of the previous lessons in the Climate Change, Food Production, and Food Security unit.

• Students may need to gather materials, such as paper and markers, for students to create their concept maps.

Differentiation

• Teachers can assign the Teacher Slideshow on Google Classroom and students can submit their work independently.

• Students can create the concept map as a whole class or they can work in small targeted groups.

• Students can create their concept maps independently.

Primary Standard

• Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
  • Writing (K-12)
    • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.

Supporting Standards

• College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
  • Dimension 2: Economics
    • D2.Eco.2.6-8 Evaluate alternative approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for different groups and society as a whole.
• Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
  • Reading: Science & Technical Subjects (6-12)
    • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.