Positives

• This is a personal narrative that might help students connect with and understand the impacts of climate change.
• The speaker connects the warmer climate to less snowmelt in the summer, leading to more wildfires.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• It may be useful for both teachers and students to understand the relationship between climate change and extreme weather.
• The video is available for public viewing.
  

Differentiation 

• Biology and science classes could use this video to introduce lessons about the water cycle, photosynthesis, forests, and ecosystems.
  
• Social studies classes could use this resource for lessons about water insecurity and the dangers associated with wildfires for rural communities.
• Other resources about wildfires include this article and interactive resource about more wildfires in the United States, this interactive resource about Fires, and this Vox video about fire suppression.