• This video defines environmental tipping points and then discusses the potentially catastrophic dangers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and permafrost melting in the Arctic.

Positives

• It speaks to the catastrophic urgency of the climate crisis without sounding hyperbolic.
• It uses metaphors that are easy for students to visualize. For example, the video uses the tabletop game Jenga as a metaphor for one of the Earth's tipping points.

Additional Prerequisites

• This video cites capitalism as one of the causes of the climate crisis.
• It has an ad at the beginning of the video.
• The content of the video ends at 9:56 and the remaining time is a sponsored ad and outro.
  

Differentiation

• Teachers can skip around to relevant material because the video is sectioned into chapters about tipping points, Amazon deforestation, Arctic permafrost melt, and prevention.
• Students can do independent research on the other tipping points mentioned in the video that are not discussed in detail.
• Students can do independent research on the prevention ideas and movements mentioned in the last chapter including ecosocialism, Indigenous sovereignty, solar punk, and red new deal.
• Other resources related to these topics include The Climate Tipping Points that Could Change the Earth Forever and Dear Future Generations: Sorry.

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