Curriculum, webinars, implementation guides, and more This page contains resources that reflect our understanding of the importance of using an environmental lens to investigate the past and to build an environmentally-sustainable and just future.

The CHSSP has a number of materials to support the integration of California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts into your classroom.Students inquire into questions like, “How did natural resources influence Egypt’s society and economy?” or “How did different climate regions influence trade?” Each worksheet integrates California's Environmental Principles and Concepts into Framework-aligned inquiry. These primary-source based worksheets are designed to help 2nd-12th grade students think critically about the role of the environment in shaping historical events and eras.Teachers might have students identify one question to explore in more depth through a research project identify which questions relate to current lesson material for a class discussion examine their own community through one or more of these questions or apply one or more of these questions to an event in the news. These questions encourage students to think about the role of the environment in history.4th grade teachers might find this resource on California Missions particularly useful when discussing the changing land and life of indigenous communities when they encountered Spanish missionaries.Ģ5 Questions to Integrate Environmental Literacy into your History-‐Social Science Classroom Each is Framework-aligned and incorporates California's Environmental Principles and Concepts. The K-12 primary source sets include up to ten sources with teacher and student context, teacher background information, and literacy support.Primary Source Sets, Environmental Literacy This particular “lens” through which to investigate the world brings particular attention to questions like, how did the environment affect cultural choices? How did people shape the environment to meet their needs? How does the way that people use land reflect their cultural, political, or economic values?Īccess last year’s Environmental History Month resources by visiting our Monthly Highlights Archive. As environmental historians, students inquire into the relationship between their community and the environment.

Many students might not realize that there is an entire field of study called Environmental History, and that they do not have to be an environmental activist in order to engage with the field.

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