This lesson features powerful imagery from the climate crisis, inspired by the California wildfires. Students choose one photograph and write an ekphrastic poem about that photograph. 

Step 1 - Inquire: Teacher facilitates a brief discussion using a photograph of the California wildfires in 2020.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students review photographs related to the climate crisis from Climate Visuals Gallery. Students select one photograph and write an ekphrastic poem about that photograph.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students share their poems with the rest of the class.