A people's curriculum for the Earth
Subtitle: teaching climate change and the environmental crisis
By: edited by Bill Bigelow & Tim Swinehart
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Rethinking Schools
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Milwaukee, Wisc
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780942961577
Subjects: Conservation of natural resources; Ecology; Environmental education; Study and teaching; Environmental protection; Curricula; Human ecology; Education
Description: Years in the making, A People's Curriculum for the Earth is a collection of articles, role plays, simulations, stories, poems, and graphics to help breathe life into teaching about the environmental crisis. The book features some of the best articles from Rethinking Schools magazine alongside classroom-friendly readings on climate change, energy, water, food, and pollution--as well as on people who are working to make things better. At a time when it's becoming increasingly obvious that life on Earth is at risk, here is a resource that helps students see what's wrong and imagine solutions.
Notes: "A Rethinking Schools publication"--cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: ch. 1. The whole thing is connected; title: ch. 2. Grounding our teaching; title: ch. 3. Facing climate chaos; title: ch. 4. Burning the future :; title: Coal; title: Oil; title: Natural gas and fracking; title: ch. 5. Teaching in a toxic world :; title: Teaching in a nuclear world; title: ch. 6. Food, farming, and the Earth; title: Afterward; title: Index.