This video presents the story of Jaysa Hunter-Mellers, a young activist from Bridgeport, Connecticut whose testimony helped shut down a coal-fired power plant.
Students will see that children can fight for environmental justice and address environmental threats through civic actions and words.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This video and the additional links in the description can inspire students to take action to protect the environment.
This video has a powerful message related to environmental justice, environmental racism, and one person's ability to make change.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with the following concepts: air pollution, environmental racism, activism, and burning fossil fuels.
Teachers can check out the various articles and videos on Jaysa's awards, projects, and press releases.
This resource is a story of climate activism. Additional links are also recommended to inspire students to lead in climate conversations and take urgent action to restore their environment.
Standards
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 2: Geography
D2.Geo.6.6-8 Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
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)
Speaking & Listening (K-12)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3 Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.
