A people’s curriculum for the Earth : teaching climate change and the environmental crisis / edited by Bill Bigelow & Tim Swinehart.


Milwaukee, Wisc. : Rethinking Schools, 2014.
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  • A Rethinking Schools publication –cover.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Introduction — ch. 1. The whole thing is connected — ch. 2. Grounding our teaching — ch. 3. Facing climate chaos — ch. 4. Burning the future : — Coal — Natural gas and fracking — ch. 5. Teaching in a toxic world : — Teaching in a nuclear world — ch. 6. Food, farming, and the Earth — Afterward — Index.
  • 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.

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Requested by Wegner, K.

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