Where do you think is a good place to put this image?

Agreed, this image is really useful. I like that it's pretty intuitive, even if the students aren't very familiar with Celsius. 

Climate wasn't even on my radar for my classes yet because I'm aligned more with WHP 1200, but I'm thinking when I teach about the Sahel region in Unit 2 this might be a good "think about it" type of image to start the lesson.

That's a good idea, Will Nash . 

When you talk about the Sahel, do you look at it from an ancient perspective, a current geological region, or a climate evolution?

In 1200, historically I've been focused on Mali/Songhai. I'm going to try to get out of my comfort zone this year and look at it a little more holistically, especially because I want to talk about the Coup Belt at the end of the year and link it to climate change.

That sounds interesting,  Will Nash 

In a nutshell, how will you go about linking coups to climate?

Hey Will- I love this. I think it fits into the bigger conversation of the Anthropocene. Sometimes students get the feeling that pre-industrial societies were altruistic but we have always been using resources. Man has always desired more resources//energy. We can look at the industrial revolution as speeding up climate change and making the desire for energy being more consequential. 

Now we're finding dust storms get so ferocious they are crossing the Atlantic and traces of West Africa are now in Florida.  That's sort of a big deal.

 Bryan Dibble (c1c55fda-8401-4260-b678-e5900271a1c5) very scary, but also fascinating as a global study. Could look at that as new learning via new technology. Climate education/change. Or even an add-on to BHP Unit 4 with Alfred Wegener's discoveries of geography and plant life on one continent and another as support for Pangea. 

 Bryan Dibble (c1c55fda-8401-4260-b678-e5900271a1c5) very scary, but also fascinating as a global study. Could look at that as new learning via new technology. Climate education/change. Or even an add-on to BHP Unit 4 with Alfred Wegener's discoveries of geography and plant life on one continent and another as support for Pangea.