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Environment Part 2: A Macro Response to Climate Change

Objectives:
• Identify and explain realistic target reductions in carbon emissions set by climate scientists for avoiding disastrous effects from climate change by mid-century.
• Identify and explain options that could be implemented in order to achieve these target reductions.
• Explain what role government could play in stimulating innovations that could allow us to achieve these target

Environment Part 3: A Personal Plan for Climate Change

Personal solutions to climate change.
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Objectives:
Students will develop a personal and family plan for reducing their carbon footprint.
Approximately __1__ Instructional Hour
Skills Addressed: gathering information through online research
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Assessment:
Students will create posters explaining how personal consumer choices can reduce one’s carbon footprint.
Students will complete a carbon reduction plan for reducing their family carbon footprint.
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Resources:
Access to in-class computers for

Environment Part 4: Our Waterways

The Water Pollution Problem.
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Objectives:
• Explain causes and effects of pollution running into major estuaries in the U.S.
• Identify potential solutions to this problem.
Approximately __1.5-2__ Instructional Hours
Skills Addressed: Analyzing complex concepts, note-taking, critical thinking
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Assessment:
Formative Assessment: Students will complete and discuss notes that identify causes of pollution in our estuaries, effects of the pollution, and potential solutions.
Formative

Intercultural Communication

Objectives: At the end of this lesson students should be able to:
1. Show an understanding of international time zones
2. Communicate clearly as a part of a Skype video call with someone in another country
3. Explain the importance of intercultural communication as a primary tool in the establishment of a more peaceful world
4. Complete the “Three

For Love of Liberty

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots, a PBS documentary that details the military contributions of African Americans. Realizing the educational significance of the film, the U.S. Army created an edited 25-minute version of the film and corresponding high school and college facilitator guides. The materials, structured to fit a classroom timeframe,