Classroom connections: climate education in every classroom!

I had asked this in the WH AP forum, and would love to get some ideas here about how they incorporate climate education/topics into their World History course.

community.oerproject.com/.../incorporating-climate-topics-within-ap-world-course

Angela, I'm a science teacher but when I talk about Climate Change, I often start with a brief description of the Industrial Revolution. Students have learned about it by the time they get to me so it's easy to incorporate.  There's lots of data about the parallels between industrialization, CO2 rise and the subsequent effects on ecosystems and climate. Here's a resource from the Teaching Tools section for Unit 1 of the Climate Project - https://www.oerproject.com/OER-Materials/OER-Media/PDFs/Teacher-Resources/OER-Data-Literacy-Guide.

I also bring up legislation and often refer to the example to the auto industry's resistance to safety features like seat belts in the early days of automobiles and the parallels to that and the fossil fuel industry's resistance to pollution control measures. The difference is that now we have the fossil fuel industry peddling misinformation and being quite intertwined with the government who would regulate them if the industry weren't such important campaign donors or even members of the government (Dick Cheney, Rick Perry, Rex Tillerson). 

I would poke around, especially in Unit 1 for useful materials in the Climate Project! They are useful! https://www.oerproject.com/Climate/Unit-1 

I appreciate your response christine guarino 

For something like the Climate Project, it's very interdisciplinary, so it's helpful to hear from a science teacher's perspective.  I definitely highlight the Industrial Revolution and it's a major unit in my course.  I'm still looking for more materials for world history - focusing on the shift to the use of fossil fuels is a great suggestion and I can probably tie it in with the world wars and how the land that had oil became a huge target of control and conquest too. 

 Angela Lee , I love your idea about incorporating the shift to fossil fuels with the world wars and land conquest. It reminded me of Bryan Dibble 's post on Going to War with Climate Change Issues. 

 Angela Lee , I love your idea about incorporating the shift to fossil fuels with the world wars and land conquest. It reminded me of Bryan Dibble 's post on Going to War with Climate Change Issues.