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Fourth National Climate Assessment (2018) - Northwest
Provided by: CLEAN |Published on: March 12, 2024
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Synopsis
In this guide, teachers can access a collection of related lessons, guiding questions, videos, and case studies to help them bring the information from the 2018 National Climate Assessment's Northwest chapter to the classroom.
The guide organizes content around the Key Messages from the report, highlights relevant figures and charts, and outlines sections to use for classroom instruction.
Students of the Northwest will be able to see how climate change impacts their local reality.
The report highlights the impacts of climate change on the livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should understand the causes of climate change and know some of the general impacts.
Under Key Message 1, the lesson "Greenhouse Gas Tag" has no link.
Under Key Message 3, "How Cities Affect Their Local Climate" is no longer available in the collection.
Under Key Message 4, the lesson "Climate Change and Human Health" (also under Key Messages 5) is no longer available in the collection.
Under Key Message 5, the lesson "Aerial Photography and Mapping Lesson Plan: Images of Katrina" and the video "A Bangladesh a Case Study" are no longer available in the collection.
Differentiation
English language arts classes can use the guiding questions to practice citing evidence to support an answer to a question.
Students with anxiety may benefit from participating in lessons that have a solutions focus.
Students can write informational pieces about one of the case studies under the Key Message that resonates most with them.
Students can discuss what they can do locally to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts and create community action plans.
Geography students can discuss the natural resource economy of the Northwest, brainstorming local examples and identifying how climate change will impact these markets.
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