"Coal Poisons Everything It Touches." Teaching about Coal, Climate, and the Future of the Earth

Autor/in	Bigelow, Bill
Titel	"Coal Poisons Everything It Touches." Teaching about Coal, Climate, and the Future of the Earth
Quelle	In: Rethinking Schools, 27 (2013) 4, (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-6855
Schlagwörter	Grade 9; Mining; Natural Resources; Conservation (Environment); Climate; Consciousness Raising; High School Students; Teaching Methods; World Problems; Role Playing; Social Responsibility; Activism; Montana; Oregon; Wyoming + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Abbau; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Klima; Bewusstseinsbildung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Weltproblem; Rollenspiel; Soziale Verantwortung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest
Abstract	This article describes an activity in which ninth graders explore a plan to strip-mine coal in Wyoming and Montana, send it by train to the Northwest, then ship it to Asia to be burned. Students' questions ranged from "Why are we mining for more coal if it's the biggest contributor to global warming" and "How can adults doom our generation?" to "Why aren't people taking action?" Activities focused not only on coal but on probing the roots of the climate crisis to encourage students to begin to see themselves as changemakers. (Contains 3 resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10