Climate Change Mixer

An immigrant rights activist, a prime minister, a farmer, and an oil executive are a few of the 19 roles in this lesson originally published in A People's Curriculum for the Earth. Students (in role) interview each other and the investigation reveals how climate change affects people, in different ways, around the world.

This engaging lesson is adapted for elementary school students from the "Climate Change Mixer," by a teacher who asked,"How could I bring up an issue so big and abstract, so gloom and doom, with 3rd graders? How could I not?"

The Thingamabob Game: A Simulation on Capitalism vs. the Climate

This lesson helps students grasp the relationship between climate change and capitalism. In the activity, students represent competing manufacturers of "thingamabobs" ---- goods that require natural resources to produce and whose production creates greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide.

'Don't Take Our Voices Away': A Role Play on the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change

Indigenous peoples are among those most affected by the impact of climate change. This popular role play on the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change asks students to develop a list of demands to present to the rest of the world at a climate change meeting.