In this unit students will consider how climate change impacts societies, how societies need to adapt, and what responsible changes need to be made in a society due to climate change.
Priority Standards
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
- SS.G2.6-8.MC: Evaluate how cultural and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.
- SS.G3.6-8.MC: Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on societies.
- SS.IS.5.6-8.MC: Develop claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both.
We are learning to... - Write arguments with strong reasons, relevant and sufficient evidence, and sound reasoning.
- Understand the rules of debate in order to participate in a structured debate.
- Understand how the industrialization of the world led to climate issues today.
- Examine how societies are being impacted by climate change and what political, economic, and social issues arise as a result.
- Analyze the meaning of literary
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