Swiss glaciers and climate change raise a question every country faces: prevention or adaptation? In this current events lesson, differentiated for Grades 6-12, students weigh Switzerland’s cooperation with the EU on the Rhine, carbon markets and electricity to decide where to focus.
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- PowerPoint and Google Slides with concept intro, discussion, and current event overview
- A separate ready-to-print PDF document for each lesson level
- Thinking questions to connect to the concepts of ideology and interdependence
- Critical thinking activity about whether it is more important to focus on adaptation or prevention when it comes to climate change
- Research extension about other melting glaciers around the world
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