Climate Current Events / Issues

Climate Current Events / Issues

Research November 23rd

Task: Choose your current event/issue

Review the list below, discuss options with your team, report to teacher with final decision.

1. US withdrawing from Paris Agreement 2. Young Activists 3. Greta Thunberg 4. Climate Change Compulsory in Schools

Our chosen current event/issue: ________________________ Names on my team: __________________________________________

Task: Complete your research

Delegate work within your team, but you must all have notes! Research your assigned current event using links provided below. All team members must research, take notes, and contribute. Be on the lookout for a visual you can include in your presentation. This could be a diagram, map, or graph. You can sketch it on your dry erase board table presentation or Chromecast from your Chromebook.

Resources

Your group is not limited to the resources below. If you use other articles, please get teacher approval, and hyperlink the sources in the third column.

As you research, consider the bias or point of view of the author. Ask yourself these questions as you research:

What does the author choose to write about? What does the author leave out or fail to include? Does the author seem sympathetic to the people or events he or she writes

about?

Click on links below to access resources:

Article One

Additional Articles or Resources

Resources your team found

US withdrawing from Paris Additional Resource Agreement

Young Activists

Additional Resource

Greta Thunberg

Additional Resource

Climate Change Compulsory in Schools

Additional Resource

Summary Question Chart - MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Directions: All team members must complete the chart below. Include the relevancy of the article below the chart. Double click the graphic organizer below. Double-click in the boxes to type. Include two Geoterms (any relevant geographic terms we've studied in class) from this unit in your presentation. Bold the terms in the chart below.

Don't forget relevancy!

How is this current issue/event relevant to us?

Task: Connect it to the AH Profile

Link to AHISD Profile of a Learner Prezi The AHISD Learner Profile articulates the knowledge, skills, and attributes our students will need to pursue individual dreams and positively impact the world upon graduation. Link to AHISD Profile of a Learner PDF

Review the AHISD Profile of a Learner During your presentation, discuss how your current event/issue

connects to the AHISD Profile of a Learner.

Task: Map it!

Plot your current event/issue on your class' shared Google Map. Add a brief 2 sentence description about your research. Include your team's name. Your marker should be added to the NCGE Session 2019 layer.

NCGE Session Google Map Link

Task: Plan and practice your Presentation

Research and Presentation Planning - MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS

All team members must complete the chart below. Make sure to also draft two questions using the question

stems below. Include two Geoterms from this unit in your presentation. Be ready to Chromecast and present your Google Map post. Question Stems:

What would have to happen if... What conclusions can you draw... Explain the relationship between... What ideas justify... What would have happened if... What changes will you make to solve...

Presentation Planning:

Parts of Presentation

Introduction with main idea of event/issue Detail Detail Opposing viewpoint(s) + facts: Relevancy Connection to AH Profile Two Questions Conclusion

Name of student presenting the part

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