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Is That Legal? A Case of Acid Rain Lesson PlanIs That Legal? A Case of Acid Rain Lesson Plan
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Is That Legal? A Case of Acid Rain

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Develop an environmental case study! Elementary learners discover how a case study is used as an analysis tool. The goal of this activity is to show pupils how techniques of persuasion (including background, supporting evidence, storytelling, and call to action) are used to develop an argument for or against a topic. The example they look at is the developing acid rain problem in New York's Adirondack Mountains.

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academic vocabulary, academic language, supporting evidence, evidence, textual evidence, arguments, persuasion, quotations, speaking skills, air pollution, air, acid rain

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acid rain, air pollution, academic vocabulary, argument, Informational Text, persuasion, quote, speaking, supporting evidence, textual evidence, science
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4th - 6th
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Science
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