This resource provides 16 posters of individuals that support action for the environment, providing an inspirational quote and artistic likeness on each.
The posters can be printed and displayed in the classroom or used as digital resources for online classrooms or assignments.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This provides a diverse group of role models for students to relate to and identify with.
The original artwork is captivating.
Additional Prerequisites
Teachers will need access to Google Slides but the presentation can also be downloaded as an MS PowerPoint presentation.
Differentiation
Teachers could use these posters for an assignment where students choose one inspirational individual to research and report on.
Social studies classes could use this resource as a hook for lessons about the importance of individual action, participating in society, and the importance of having diverse role models.
This resource could be used to connect art and creativity to science, language arts, and social studies classes.
Other similar resources to use in the classroom include this Earth Day classroom pack and this name tag resource.
Scientist Notes
Quotes from well-known climate scientists, environmentalists, and advocates for human rights are included in the resource. Students would be motivated by this to study more about climate issues and take the initiative. It is advised to use this resource when instructing.
Standards
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 4: Taking Informed Action
D4.7.9-12 Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and complex causal reasoning.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
Language (K-12)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
National Core Arts Standards
Visual Arts: Standard 7 - Perceive and analyze artistic work.
VA:Re7.1.IIa Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
Visual Arts: Standard 8 - Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
VA:Re8.1.Ia Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts.
