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  Action Projects Gallery

  Class action projects encourage students to “take action” on an issue of concern and provides empowering learning opportunities. In this lesson, students build on their understanding of the issue of climate change by...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Social Justice, Taking Action
  Subject:Science, English / Language Arts, Social Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  Assumptions can be dangerous

  This lesson will focus on how making assumptions can be dangerous. We will be looking through a series of images and video. Students will be encouraged to share their assumptions.

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Social Justice
  Subject:English / Language Arts
  Level:Primary / Elementary
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  Ayiti Lesson 1: Play the Game

  Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Globalization, Social Justice, Solutions
  Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies, Global Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Ayiti: Children of Haiti Summit

  This workshop can be conducted either before playing the Ayiti: The Cost of Life game, as a way to introduce students to the game’s issues, or after playing the game, as a way to help them better understand the links between...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Social Justice, Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Interdisciplinary Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Bjorn Lomborg sets global priorities

  In this video, the audicence is asked, 'given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming?' Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers and disscusses the many issues...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Health, Social Justice, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Science, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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  Canadian mining firms worst for environment

  This link leads to an article posted by the Toronot Star entitled, 'Canadian mining firms worst for environment, rights: Report'. The article looks at the effect which Canadian mining companies have had on the...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Social Justice
  Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Changes All Around

  Changes All Around is Lesson 6 from "Climate Change: Connections & Solutions" for grades 9 to 12. In this lesson, small groups of students examine the climate of countries in different environments and then predict what...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Social Justice, Solutions
  Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies, Physics, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Climate Change Despair and Empowerment Activity

  This activity encourages students to share their thoughts and anxieties surrounding climate change in a community circle. The goal is to help students discover their common fears in hopes of fostering a readiness for shared...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Social Justice, Taking Action
  Subject:Environmental Studies, Aboriginal Studies, Law, Earth Science, Environmental Science
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Climate Change in Nilgiri

  A series of interviews with Nilgiri natives that discuss the impacts that climate change has yielded on them and their surroundings. This video will give students a sense of the wide spread implications of climate change.

  Type:Video
  Topic:Health, Social Justice, Water Issues
  Subject:Geography, Social Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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  Climate Change Photo Essay

  A photo essay that captures the affects of climate change on rainfall, temperature, food security and health and the vulnerability that results.

  Type:Video
  Topic:Food and Agriculture, Health, Social Justice
  Subject:Geography, Visual Arts, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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