No conversation about culture is complete without considering climate. Scholars first view videos of climate witnesses who describe the climate in their regions and how climate change affects their daily lives. They then write essays or draw six-panel comic strips articulating ways in which climate influences culture.

Concepts

climate, climate change, climate regions, culture, natural resources

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Team up with a social studies teacher and/or English teacher for the lesson
• Have pupils create their own climate witness videos
  

Classroom Considerations

• This is the second of five lessons in Unit 1: The Big Climate Change Experiment
  

Pros

• Includes a student worksheet
• Lists key vocabulary terms and their definitions
  

Cons

• Links to some of the listed websites are broken
  

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.3 RI.9-10.7 W.9-10.1.a W.9-10.2.a RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.3 RI.11-12.7 W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.2.a