CFR Education: Fires in the Amazon - Sovereignty in a Global Era

Positives

• This video has citations from reputable organizations.
• This video has a transcript that can be downloaded as a PDF.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have a basic understanding of the sovereignty of nations and international agreements.
• Students need to understand why burning forests can contribute to climate change.
• The lesson plan and discussion questions apply to more than one section of the module.
  

Differentiation

• Students can watch the video at home to prepare for an in-class discussion about how climate change can impact international relations in the future.
• Teachers can pause the video at certain moments in order to reinforce key concepts.
• This video can supplement a lesson on different types of carbon sinks and why they're important.
• This video can enhance a classroom discussion on the Amazon rainforest's importance to the Indigenous people who live there, global biodiversity, and the global greenhouse gas budget.