Climate Change Could Force Millions from Homes in Next 50 Years
Provided by: NowThis Earth|Published on: April 27, 2021
Grades: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Videos
Subjects: Social Studies, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: NowThis Earth
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- This video from Now This Earth emphasizes the need to take steps to combat climate change issues.
- Students learn about climate migration and the importance of taking steps to mitigate climate change.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Engaging visuals accompany this video.
- It emphasizes the role of policies in combating climate change and encourages students to take action.
- It teaches students about the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration.
Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with climate change and its effects.
- There may be an ad before the video.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers can use the section from 0:45 - 1:52 to explain climate migration to students.
- Teachers can teach students about the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration using part 2:28-2:54 to explain.
- Teachers can use this video to explain the relationship between climate change and economic impacts on individuals and communities (people have to move, leave their businesses behind, or begin again in a new location).
- Teachers can use this resource to explain the role of policies in mitigating climate change.
- To expand the lesson and connect to social emotional learning, here is a video on coping with climate anxiety.
- To provide hope, here is an StC lesson plan about some solutions to climate change.
The video shows the impact of climate change on migration patterns and distributions of people. Climate change has forced people to migrate directly and indirectly to safe areas and those who are unable to migrate are worst hit by the impact. This is a sober reflection and it is insightful to develop contingency plans, thus, the resource is recommended for teaching.
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