Writing Persuasively About Climate Change
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Provided by: ClimateScience|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this activity, students participate in civic engagement by writing a letter to their country's government encouraging them to take action against climate change.
- Students will learn about crafting solid arguments and writing persuasively.
Subjects: Civics, English Language Arts
Authors: ClimateScience
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- The teacher guide and student handout are provided, making it easy to implement.
- This lesson is a great way to get students involved in climate action.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers should make sure to review the teacher guide prior to using this lesson with students.
- The guides can be downloaded and used offline.
Differentiation
- This lesson is ideal for ELA classes to practice letter writing, persuasive writing, and/or formal writing.
- Teachers can collect the letters and send them to the appropriate bodies of government.
- For younger students, consider using this similar resource from ClimateScience.
- Students can swap their letters for peer-to-peer marking against the checklist before editing and polishing their final drafts.
- Students can present their letters as speeches to the class.
- Students can investigate Project Drawdown's Table of Solutions for potential ideas to include in their letters.
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