Lesson Planning
People and Climate Change
Topics Year 4
This unit is part of
Climate Change - Mini Topic - NEW LOOK Learn, Think, Act! - NEW LOOK
Objectives
Geography
- To consider what humans need to thrive.
- To identify ways in which children’s rights are being affected by climate change.
- To act in role to build empathy and understand that some people are being impacted by climate change more than others.
Enquiry question
How is climate change affecting children's rights?
Outcomes
Children will:
- List some of the things we need to ‘thrive’; collaborate to rank these in order of importance.
- Recognise some of the rights that all children have and suggest ways in which climate change is affecting these.
- Act in role to explore how some people’s lives are being impacted by climate change and how they are responding to these challenges.
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
Sticky notes or small pieces of paper
Weblinks
Song and animation about childrens’ rights [UNICEF. Choir: Crosby High Sch., Liverpool].
These teaching materials from UNICEF provide a useful introduction to children’s rights.
This short film clip gives an insight into how climate change is impacting the island of Tuvalu.
Resources from Oxfam could be used to explore the human impact of the climate crisis