Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit
Lesson Plans
Grades11, 12, APCivics, Geography
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Provided by MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
What it is
- This toolkit provides numerous resources to teach an entire unit on climate justice, including educator guides, student worksheets, videos, data sets, and presentation modules.
- Teachers can read the guides and watch the videos for a comprehensive tutorial about teaching about climate justice topics and using the provided materials in the classroom.
Teaching tips
Positives
- The guides and introductory information emphasize inspiring students to use their skills to affect change.
- K-12 educators were involved in creating this toolkit and the speaker in the video is a former educator.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should understand the basics of climate change, its causes, and how it impacts people.
- It may benefit students to understand inequality, oppression, and the historical contexts of injustice.
- Teachers may want to watch the video series before teaching or assigning the modules in the classroom.
Differentiation
- MIT originally designed these modules with college students in mind, but high school students can work through the modules as a large group or with more teacher support.
- Teachers of younger learners can benefit from the teaching tips and adapt climate justice instruction to fit their needs.
- The Starter Guide provides myriad examples for teaching climate justice through interdisciplinary lenses.
- Math and science classes can use the data sets to graph and analyze data.
From the scientist review
This climate justice toolkit is incredibly comprehensive. All information within is well-sourced and cited. There is not a lot of specific climate science to review, but it certainly is climate related.
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