Unit
Topic
Theme

Region
Length

Empowering Global Citizens

7.7

Energy and Environmental Movements

Global risk: environment; globalization; and ICC: intraper—
sonal (curiosity about global affairs)

United States, India, Kenya, and Malawi

Three weeks

Goals and Objectives

Skills

9°

Learn about environmental movements and their champions as
well as about energy sources.

Inspire students to think about what role they can play in preserv~
ing the environment, particularly when it comes to energy choices.
Act by critically evaluating the often~politicized information pre—
sented as energy facts.

and Knowledge

Students will become familiar with the important aspects of an en—
vironmental movement and also know the time line of the modern
American environmental movement. They will also become famil—
iar with the similarities and differences in the environmental move—
ments in India, Kenya, and the United States.

Students will become aware of the Pickens Plan.

Students will identify energy trends since 1945.

Students will verify the credibility of information from different
sources.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the link between
energy, war, and politics as well as of the relationship between one’s
energy use and lifestyle.

Students will evaluate the costs and benefits of various different en—

Cfgy types.

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