Our Curriculum

These materials address “Westward Expansion” and environmental justice. The environmental justice portion of the lesson can be situated at any point in a history/social studies curriculum. The lessons ask students to think about the “Land Back” movement in the context of environmental justice and climate change.

Students will understand the essence of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set forth by the United Nations. Through critical inquiry and introspection, students will explore what it means to be a “Global Citizen” in the 21st century and how understanding the SDGs empowers us to effect positive change in our communities and beyond.

Students will be familiar with key terms and vocabulary in the field of climate science and sustainability; can be used in any discipline.

Students use their voices to call for change. Connecting to personal core values, essay writing, persuasion, speech writing.

Quickfire Math questions about climate change, including: sea level rise, CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, carbon sequestration.

Despite being “digital natives” students are eager to improve the skills necessary to better understand and analyze the media they consume. This lesson asks students to investigate and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of evidence across various media when discussing the topic of climate change.

This lesson incorporates climate change into a Global/World History industrial revolution unit, focusing on the 19th Century and early 20th Century. It makes the connection between the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions that began the process of climate change.

Examining: Where does the energy we use for electricity come from? What are the environmental and economic costs of ‘plugging in’? What is ‘vampire load’ or ‘phantom outlet’?