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Welcome to the wiki resource site for the book-in-progress: Addressing Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom: Empowering Students to Critically Read, Write, and Act Upon the Environmental Crisis of our Time, Richard Beach, Linda Christensen, Jeff Share, and Allen Webb

 

The vast majority of scientists agree, climate change is the most significant challenge facing the human race and life on earth. How climate change is understood and how it is addressed in the near future will profoundly impact how the effects of this crisis will unfold. Educators at all levels and in many disciplines need the tools, lessons, and pedagogy to make climate change a central theme (powerful component) of their teaching.

 

The purpose of our book, Addressing Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom, Empowering Students to Critically Read, Write, and Act Upon the Environmental Crisis of our Time, currently under development, is to provide elementary through college English language arts (ELA) teachers with pedagogy, frameworks, resources, lessons, and activities for engaging with issues and aspects of climate change. While it is often assumed that climate change is or should be addressed primarily in science or social studies/geography classes, given the growing student concern and interest in the effects of climate change, Addressing Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom demonstrates that ELA teachers are increasingly focusing on this topic in their literature, composition, speaking/listening, and media/digital literacy units. ELA teachers are also working with science and social studies/geography to create interdisciplinary lessons related to climate change.

 

Here's a recording of our session on addressing climate change at the 2015 NCTE Convention in Minneapolis, along with the presenters' slides.

 

We are seeking contributions by teachers describing classroom activities associated with addressing climate change, activities involving responding to literature/nonfiction, drama activities, place-based writing, multimodal productions, critical media analysis, or critical pedagogy/civic engagement activities (see chapters for topics). If you are interested in contributing, please contact Richard Beach at rbeach@umn.edu

 

For the book's Table of Contents see the Sidebar to the right. Click on each chapter, for links to sites and resources, class activities and units, and further reading related to the topics in these chapters. 

 

To search for content, go to the Search box in the upper right corner.

 

To add links, activities or units, or further readings within each chapter:

  • Click on Log In on the upper right corner to apply for access as an Editor to be approved to add material from the wiki. 
  • Email Richard rbeach@umn.edu indicating that you’ve requested access indicating your educational or organization affiliation so that he can grant you access as an editor; requests for promotion of commercial products will not be approved.  
  • Go to a certain relevant chapter, and click on Activities and Units. Then, click on Edit.
  • On the right side, you’re see Images and Files. Click on that to upload a file.
  • Once the file is uploaded, click on where you want the file to be stored on the Activities and Units page.
  • Click on the file link over on the right and the file link will appear on the page. Then, down at the bottom, click on Save.
  • For editing instructions in the PBworks manual 
  • You can also email materials to Richard at rbeach@umn.edu 
  • The PBworks Manual can help show you how to edit, add videos and invite users. 

 

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