Positives

• Students will engage with this educational video since the narrator takes a hands-on approach to studying how indigenous people adapt to living with too much water.
• Students will view small animal farms and floating agricultural farms, schools, and communities.
• Teachers can share the video to a Google classroom, via social media, or as a link provided to students learning virtually.
• Support questions, activities, and a printable world map are available on the site.

Additional Prerequisites

• A few words in the closed captioning differ from the narration.
• Teachers may wish to have an introductory discussion about the word "adaptation" before showing the video.
• Students should have prior knowledge of both climate change and global warming.
• Teachers and students will need internet access.
• There is a lesson plan available for this Adaptation Series.

Differentiation

• Students in Social Studies classes can discuss the choice of becoming a climate refugee versus adapting to the changes in climate not only in Bangladesh but in many parts of the world.
• Science teachers can assign engineering research projects based on the video.
• English teachers can assign the video as a starting point for a summarizing paragraph writing activity.
• This video could support a class discussion of how engineering design offers answers to climate change questions.
• A floating school is prominently featured, so teachers can have students compare and contrast that school with their own.