‘Don’t Take Our Voices Away’: A Role Play on the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change
Teaching Activity. By Julie Treick O’Neill and Tim Swinehart. 16 pages. Rethinking Schools.
A role play on the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change asks students to develop a list of demands to present to the rest of the world at a climate change meeting.
Time Periods: 21st Century, 2001 - Present
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Native American, Pacific Islander, Science, World History/Global Studies
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Let’s Talk About Climate! Interdisciplinary Teaching Ideas
Teaching Guide. Project coordinator: Peter Crownfield. In collaboration with the Alliance for Sustainable Communities–Lehigh Valley.
Teaching ideas to integrate climate and sustainability concepts in all subjects and grade levels.
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Science
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A People’s Curriculum for the Earth: Teaching Climate Change and the Environmental Crisis
Teaching Guide. Edited by Bill Bigelow and Tim Swinehart. 400 pages. 2014. Rethinking Schools.
Articles, student readings, and teaching activities to understand environmental problems and imagine solutions.
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Science
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Race and Membership in American History
Teaching Guide. By Alan Stoskopf. Facing History and Ourselves. 2002.
Resources for teaching about the eugenics movement in the United States.
Time Periods: 20th Century, Turn of the Century: 1900 - 1909
Themes: Racism & Racial Identity, Science
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Students “Warrior Up” for Climate Justice
Article. By Bill Bigelow. Rethinking Schools, Fall 2018.
Teaching hope instead of despair, teachers invite students to research “climate warriors,” those who “know the truth” and yet are not defeated by it.
Time Periods: 21st Century
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Native American, Science
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How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming
Book - Non-fiction. By Lynne Cherry and Garry Braasch. 2008.
The science behind the climate change headlines, geared for young people.
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Science
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A People’s History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and “Low Mechanicks”
Book - Non-fiction. By Clifford D. Conner. 2005.
New look at history of science, highlights hunter-gatherers, farmers, sailors, miners, blacksmiths, and more.
Time Periods: 20th Century, People’s Movement: 1961 - 1974
Themes: Science, Slavery and Resistance
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Dirty Business: “Clean Coal” and the Battle for Our Energy Future
Film. Produced by Peter Bull, Justin Weinstein, Alex Gibney. 2010. 88 minutes.
A feature documentary that addresses the questions: Can coal be made clean? Can renewables and efficiency happen on a scale large enough to replace coal?
Time Periods: 21st Century, 2001 - Present
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Economics, Science
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The Story of Stuff Project
Film. By Annie Leonard. 2009. 21 minutes.
Series of short films on environmental and economic issues that make complicated issues easy to understand for middle school to adult viewers.
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Science
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April 29, 1962: Paulings Protest Nuclear Testing
Nobel Prize-winner Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling joined a march in front of the White House to protest the resumption of U.S. atmospheric nuclear testing.
Time Periods: People’s Movement: 1961 - 1974
Themes: Environment, Science
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June 23, 1988: James Hansen Testified to Congress about Climate Change
NASA scientist James Hansen testified to Congress stating the greenhouse effect had been detected.
Time Periods: Post-Civil Rights Era: 1975 - 2000
Themes: Climate Justice, Environment, Science
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June 5, 1981: AIDS Epidemic Recognized by Medical Community
The CDC published a medical study about five gay men, plagued by a mysterious autoimmune disease, in June 1981 and it marks the start of the AIDS epidemic in the United States.
Time Periods: Post-Civil Rights Era: 1975 - 2000
Themes: LGBTQ, Organizing, Science
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