Lesson Plan On Environmental Justice. We wanted the s tudents. In this social justice lesson plan 1st graders describe rules to protect the environment and the roles specific jobs play.
The first lesson explores environmental justice through a case study of water rights. This environmental justice lesson plan is suitable for 3rd 12th grade. Students construct environmental rules for an imaginary town.
Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race color national origin or income with respect to the development implementation and enforcement of environmental laws regulations and policies.
It is meant to be paired with articles on different environmental issues that affect people of color such as ones found on newsela. To understand the basic concept of environmental justice and how it differs from mainstream environmentalism 2. In this social justice lesson plan 1st graders describe rules to protect the environment and the roles specific jobs play. This lesson helps students understand how pollution disproportionately affects people who are poor and members of racial and ethnic minorities as well as use a map to locate environmental injustice.
