Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!

Why Climate Change Is So Hard to Talk About

Provided by: Hot Mess |Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

This video from Hot Mess provides strategies for how to be involved in climate action and how to talk about climate change without feeling defeated.
Students will learn that approaching climate change skeptics with compassion and empathy can lead to more open dialogue.

Subjects: English Language Arts

Authors: Hot Mess

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

This balanced and approachable method for discussing climate change will encourage students to be active listeners and thoughtful speakers.
The video is broken up into chapters, making it easy to navigate.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with the concept of "flight, fight, or freeze."
Students should be familiar with the terms perennial, collective action, apathetic, agitate, and empathetic.

Differentiation & Implementation

English language arts and life skills classes can role-play climate change conversations to practice using the skills in the video.
English and writing classes can do a writing exercise where students write about a time when they changed their mind about something and what led them to make that change.
Other resources on this topic include this lesson and activity on writing a personal narrative on climate change, this guidebook on having climate change conversations, and this video on effective climate change dialogue.

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