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Environmental Justice
Provided by: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |Published on: April 5, 2023
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Synopsis
- This podcast discusses the history of racism in Oregon and within the conservation movement, the complex relationship between conservation and Indigenous peoples, and the origins of the environmental justice movement and also includes examples of injustice near the Grand Canyon and in Houston, Texas.
- Students will learn about the American conservation movement's early stages, the removal of Indigenous people from ancestral lands under the guise of conservation, and the court case that kick-started the environmental justice movement.
Subjects: Civics, History
Authors: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, GreenState Podcast
Region: North America, USA - West, USA - South, United States, Oregon, Central Oregon / Columbia Gorge, Willamette Valley / Portland Metro - Oregon, Arizona, Texas
Languages: English
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Positives
- This podcast allows students to examine the American conservation movement's moral complexity.
- Students are positioned to think about environmental issues in a more holistic manner.
Additional Prerequisites
- 27 minutes in, the podcast focuses specifically on Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality and their work in DEI.
- Students should be somewhat familiar with the American conservation movement of the early 20th century.
Differentiation
- A section of this podcast could supplement a lesson on the American conservation movement and/or the Progressive Era.
- Parts of this podcast could supplement a lesson on the unfair housing practices that African Americans dealt with during the Jim Crow Era.
- Coupling this podcast with open-ended discussion questions would aid students' understanding of the material.
- For ELLs, discussion questions could be a mix of open-ended and multiple choice.
- A classroom discussion on the more opinion-based questions could help clarify some misunderstandings, develop critical thinking skills, and challenge students to consider the merits of differing opinions.
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