Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit
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Provided by: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative|Published on: December 2, 2023
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Synopsis
- This toolkit provides numerous resources to teach an entire unit on climate justice, including educator guides, student worksheets, videos, data sets, and presentation modules.
- Teachers can read the guides and watch the videos for a comprehensive tutorial about teaching about climate justice topics and using the provided materials in the classroom.
Subjects: Civics, Geography
Authors: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- The guides and introductory information emphasize inspiring students to use their skills to affect change.
- K-12 educators were involved in creating this toolkit and the speaker in the video is a former educator.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should understand the basics of climate change, its causes, and how it impacts people.
- It may benefit students to understand inequality, oppression, and the historical contexts of injustice.
- Teachers may want to watch the video series before teaching or assigning the modules in the classroom.
Differentiation
- MIT originally designed these modules with college students in mind, but high school students can work through the modules as a large group or with more teacher support.
- Teachers of younger learners can benefit from the teaching tips and adapt climate justice instruction to fit their needs.
- The Starter Guide provides myriad examples for teaching climate justice through interdisciplinary lenses.
- Math and science classes can use the data sets to graph and analyze data.
This climate justice toolkit is incredibly comprehensive. All information within is well-sourced and cited. There is not a lot of specific climate science to review, but it certainly is climate related.
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About the Partner Provider
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Founded in 2014, the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) is MIT’s institute-wide effort to mobilize the substantial scientific, engineering, policy, and design capacity of the MIT community to contribute to addressing climate change and other environmental challenges of global import. ESI pursues multidisciplinary research, education, events, and partnerships to help move society toward an environmentally and socially sustainable future. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts on MIT’s main campus, ESI is powered by a lean staff working closely with students and faculty across the full spectrum of disciplines. Led by architecture professor John E. Fernandez, a leading scholar in the emerging field of urban metabolism, ESI is advised by students, faculty, alumni, and thought leaders from many sectors of society.
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