Climate Change: Timelines and Context

Starter 30:
Take a few minutes, and finish the movie questions from yesterday.  Now pair up with someone from (GASP!) the other side of the room, and share your takeaways from page 3 only. 

• Find at least 2 similarities with your partner
• Find at least 2 differences with your partner

 
Objective:  To develop a more nuanced understanding of how climate issues have been approached in the past, and to get a broad working vocabulary around climate change issues and actions.
 
Framing:  Today is going to be a really important day, and a really independent day.  You’re going to work together with your partner to gain a more cohesive sense of climate change issues and actions.  As you do this, you should be thinking about potential solutions you could put in your legislation!

Timelines:
With your new soulmate, turn to pages 5 and 6. Use the following timeline resources to fill out your climate timelines. Pay attention to the vocabulary on page 7!   Fill it out as you encounter it.  By the end of class today, you should have pages 5, 6, and 7 finished.

Timeline Resources: 

1. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24838.html
   
2. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/environment/climate-of-doubt/timeline-the-politics-of-climate-change/
   
3. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/07/science/20091207_CLIMATE_TIMELINE.html?_r=0
   
4. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15874560

 
2015 US/China Trade and Climate Agreement
Start with the Washington Post Article (linked on my DOCS page).  Be prepared to reflect on the following questions as our starter tomorrow.

1. What, in your view, are the 3 most important elements of this agreement?
2. To what extent do you think this agreement addresses our long-term climate issues?  Explain.

 
HOMEWORK
Finish anything you didn’t finish in class.  When you walk into class tomorrow, you should be done with…

1. Pages 1-7 of your Climate Change packet
2. Have read and be ready to write about the US/China  agreement