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Women and Girls, You Are Part of the Climate Solution

Provided by: TED|Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

This TED video featuring Rumaitha Al Busaidi of Oman is about helping girls and women gain access to education and employment opportunities so they can become better advocates for climate change.
Students will learn how women and girls are disproportionately displaced by climate impacts and still face workplace discrimination.

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Civics

Authors: Rumaitha Al Busaidi

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

This resource highlights the importance of providing girls and women with better educational and workforce opportunities.
The speaker is an inspiring woman that students can look up to, conveying the message that women are capable.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with basic climate change terms such as global warming, greenhouse gases, emissions, etc.

Differentiation & Implementation

Teachers can assign the video to students and ask them to write a reflection summary or create a graphic organizer on their understanding.
Students can be paired with a partner and be asked to create a storyboard (drawings) about their understanding of the video with their partner.
Students can also watch this similar TED talk by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson.

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Resource Type and Format

All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.