A Fair World?

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Grades9, 10, 11, 12Science, Civics, Health

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What it is

This interactive course about equality and solving climate change includes sections on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), human health, solving poverty, the power of school, and women and climate change.
This course contains text, interactive questions, infographics, links to references, a video, and two sections at the end called "Open Problems" and "Final Quiz."

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Positives

This course does a nice job of connecting inequality and climate change, showing that solutions for one can address both.
Students can earn a certificate if they complete the course.

Additional Prerequisites

This course is part of a series of climate change courses from ClimateScience.
Students will need a computer and Internet connection to use the interactive features and watch the video.
Teachers and students will need to enroll and create a free account to use the course and save their progress.

Differentiation

Stronger students can spend time reading and exploring any of the links to scientific papers and reports.
Students can proceed through this course at their own pace.
Cross-curricular connections could be made with economics, geography, and civics classes when discussing the current and predicted effects of climate change on human communities and the benefits associated with addressing humans rights disparities that also address climate change.
Other resources related to this topic include this table of solutions, Kaya Identity: Drivers of CO2 Emissions and this video about gender equality and education.

From the scientist review

The resource underscores the importance of the SDGs and the steps to take strategic action to achieving the SDGs and targets in order to reduce global inequality. Additional links contained in the resource is valid. Thus, this resource is recommended for teaching.

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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects: Science, Civics, Health
Other types: Data, Graphs, and Maps, Assessments, Interactive Media
Language: English
Location: Earth
Provider: ClimateScience
Authors: ClimateScience
Published: July 27, 2023
Last updated: July 16, 2026
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Standards alignment · D2.Civ.12.6-8 + 17 more

Core

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards

D2.Civ.12.6-8Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as means of addressing public problems.
D2.Eco.1.6-8Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
D2.Civ.10.9-12Analyze the impact and the appropriate roles of personal interests and perspectives on the application of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.
D2.Civ.12.9-12Analyze how people use and challenge local, state, national, and international laws to address a variety of public issues.
D2.Eco.1.9-12Analyze how incentives influence choices that may result in policies with a range of costs and benefits for different groups.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.10By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

National Health Education Standards

1.12.3Analyze how environment and personal health are interrelated.
2.12.10Analyze how public health policies and government regulations can influence health promotion and disease prevention.

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

HS-ESS3-5.Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth systems.

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Michigan K-12 ELA Standards

RI.9-10.2.Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RI.9-10.10.By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9–10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
RI.11-12.4.Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
RI.11-12.10.By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 11–CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently

Michigan K-12 Science Standards

HS-ESS3-5Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth systems.

Michigan K-12 Standards Social Studies

E1.1.1 Scarcity, Choice, Opportunity Costs, Incentives – using examples, explain how scarcity, choice, opportunity costs, and incentives affect decisions made by households, businesses, and governments.

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