In Big History Project we have a fun activity called “What Do You Know? What Do You Ask?”
It’s about looking at an issue from multiple perspectives, using multiple disciplines. It’s not only a super way to examine any event, but it is also a great way to introduce learners to professionals and fields of study they might not be familiar with. I created this activity a while back, patterned after a WDYK.
It’s about serious drought conditions reducing the volume of the Colorado River and how that affects the livelihood of several US states, multiple Tribes, and billions of crops.
This could be a short lesson inserted into any discussion about climate change.
Do you think you might try it? How would you use it?
What feedback could you give me for making this lesson better?
What kind of an introduction would you give it?
CNN video clip to explain the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmeWydWm2MU
Who Knows What? worksheet I designed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17X4cmC6IxHEBIbT4lHLMy_k8C69lPZ02Gk7ZG4MPmhc/edit
