Environmental Justice

Essential Question

What is environmental justice?
How does environmental justice impact people of color?

Texts

Literature

Why Chicken Means So Much to Me

It may seem like an empty stomach is the worst thing about being poor, but for Junior it’s not being able to save his best friend.

Sherman Alexie

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Economics

Topic

Class

July 5, 2014

Multimedia

StoryCorps: It Was Never a Slum to Me

“They called it slums but it was never a slum to me.”

Carol Jacques

Grade Level

6-8

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

Topic

Class

July 8, 2014

Informational

A Tale of Two Schools

On April 14, 1947, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the lower court decision in Mendez v. Westminster, which required the school to integrate and set the stage for Brown v. Board of Education.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

Topic

Class Immigration

August 7, 2017

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Socratic Seminar

A structured discussion in which students examine issues and respond to open-ended questions about a text. Students use dialogue rather than debate to communicate with each other.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.3, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

shellybethke

Environmental Justice

Why Chicken Means So Much to Me

StoryCorps: It Was Never a Slum to Me

A Tale of Two Schools

Socratic Seminar

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