• This podcast episode features conversations with Varsha Yajman and Brianna Aspinal about ways people are peacefully protesting climate change. 
• Students will learn, from a teen's perspective, about the many ways their peers are taking action.

Positives

• This podcast is engaging and entertaining, and the unique point-of-view will be especially easy for students to connect with. 
• Students will learn about many facets of climate change activism.

Additional Prerequisites

• An ad plays during this podcast. 
• Students should have some prior knowledge about climate change. 

Differentiation

• Connections can be made in social studies classes when learning about civic engagement and activism, or in language arts classes working on storytelling or persuasive speaking.
• After listening and discussing, have students research a climate activist or movement that they connect with, then create a one-pager about the work that is being done. 
• As an extension, have students research the top climate solutions and outline ways of incorporating them into their household, school, and/or community. 

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