Environmental Justice

• This podcast discusses the history of racism in Oregon and within the conservation movement, the complex relationship between conservation and Indigenous peoples, and the origins of the environmental justice movement. 
• Students will learn about the American conservation movement's early stages, the removal of Indigenous people from ancestral lands under the guise of conservation, and the court case that kick-started the environmental justice movement.

Positives

• This podcast allows students to examine the American conservation movement's moral complexity.
• Students are positioned to think about environmental issues in a more holistic manner.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• 27 minutes in, the podcast focuses specifically on Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality and their work in DEI.
• Students should be somewhat familiar with the American conservation movement of the early 20th century.
  

Differentiation

• A section of this podcast could supplement a lesson on the American conservation movement and/or the Progressive Era. 
• Parts of this podcast could supplement a lesson on the unfair housing practices that African Americans dealt with during the Jim Crow Era.
• Coupling this podcast with open-ended discussion questions would aid students' understanding of the material.
• For ELLs, discussion questions could be a mix of open-ended and multiple choice.
• A classroom discussion on the more opinion-based questions could help clarify some misunderstandings, develop critical thinking skills, and challenge students to consider the merits of differing opinions.