As we celebrate Earth Day 2022, explore the possibilities for discussion and investigation in these 51ΑΤΖζ resources:
- The blog post, “Build Your Stack: Climate Crisis and English Language Arts”Β includes books for classroom libraries, for whole group reading, and to support English teachers embarking on instruction that they may not be familiar with.
- Three 51ΑΤΖζ authors (Richard Beach, Jeff Share, Allen Webb) demonstrate how we can address this subject with βwith enormous ethical, social, political, and cultural dimensionsβ within our own curriculum. Β illustrates how the 51ΑΤΖζ Resolution on Literacy Teaching on Climate Change can come to life when we fit the subject into existing courses and use already available materials. The book gives teachers tools and teaching ideas to support building climate change material into their own classrooms and features a .
- Hear the authors talk about the book in .
- Read the Council Chronicle article ““
- Read related blogs by the authors Richard Beach, Jeff Share, Allen Webb:
Why Address Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom, Part 1Β
Why Address Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom, Part 2Β - This catalogs a variety of lesson plans, activities, and web sites related to Earth Day
How will you recognize Earth Day?
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