As we celebrate Earth Day 2022, explore the possibilities for discussion and investigation in these ¥ resources:
- The blog post, “Build Your Stack: Climate Crisis and English Language Arts” includes books for classroom libraries, for whole group reading, and to support English teachers embarking on instruction that they may not be familiar with.
- Three ¥ authors (Richard Beach, Jeff Share, Allen Webb) demonstrate how we can address this subject with “with enormous ethical, social, political, and cultural dimensions” within our own curriculum. illustrates how the ¥ Resolution on Literacy Teaching on Climate Change can come to life when we fit the subject into existing courses and use already available materials. The book gives teachers tools and teaching ideas to support building climate change material into their own classrooms and features a .
- Hear the authors talk about the book in .
- Read the Council Chronicle article ““

- Read related blogs by the authors Richard Beach, Jeff Share, Allen Webb:
Why Address Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom, Part 1
Why Address Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom, Part 2 - This catalogs a variety of lesson plans, activities, and web sites related to Earth Day
How will you recognize Earth Day?
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