Our Shared Environmental History
This resource has been reviewed by SubjectToClimate's climate scientists and verified for scientific accuracy and up-to-date information. Learn about our review process →
Provided by: Population Education|Published on: July 2, 2024
Lesson PlansScientist Reviewed
9101112
Scientist Reviewed This resource has been reviewed by SubjectToClimate's climate scientists and verified for scientific accuracy and up-to-date information. Learn about our review process →
Synopsis
- In this lesson, students will research events throughout environmental history, creating a timeline of events and analyzing the cause-and-effect relationships between events.
- Students will understand how environmental disasters influence environmental action and evaluate the effectiveness of Earth Day.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, History
Authors: Population Education
Region: United States
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The images included in the resource are thought-provoking and paint a picture of the environmental impacts of human actions.
- In giving every student or group of students an event to research, each student will feel a sense of ownership and responsibility in the activity.
Prerequisites
- The link to Gaylord Nelson's Earth Day speech is broken. Teachers can find the link here.
- Teachers may need to define some terms, such as galvanize, for students before they answer the discussion questions.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Language arts students can practice creative writing skills by writing a historical fiction piece that takes place during one of the events throughout environmental history.
- After creating the timeline, civics students can analyze the process behind environmental legislation and regulations.
- Some students may benefit from a list of websites for researching their event.
The lesson is a good introduction to environmental events and provides many opportunities for students to learn about other climate and environmental topics. The information presented is accurate and this resource is recommended for teaching.
Teaching Tips
Standards
Resource Type and Format
About the Partner Provider
Population Education
Population Education provides K-12 teachers with innovative, hands-on lesson plans and professional development to teach about human population growth and its effects on the environment and human well-being. Human population has grown from 1 billion to 8 billion in just over 200 years, so it is critical to examine human impacts on wildlife, climate, and natural resources while working toward equality and justice for the world’s people. Through memorable, standards-aligned classroom activities like simulations, cooperative challenges, and debate, Population Education inspires students to tackle a variety of real-world problems and to become positively engaged in their communities as the next generation of leaders and policy makers.
Scientist Reviewed
This resource has been reviewed by SubjectToClimate's climate scientists and verified for scientific accuracy and up-to-date information. Our review process ensures that every resource in our library reflects the current state of climate science.
Learn about our review process →
