Read Chapter 9-Geography from the textbook
Watch the following videos:
Watch Video Fingers to the Bone: Child Farmworkers in the United States
Duration: 5:42
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Watch Video Syria Crisis: One Million Refugee Children
Duration: 2:50
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Watch Video How Big Coal Is Evicting Entire Villages In Colombia
Duration: 6:36
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Read PowerPoint Chapter 4 by Dr. Zavala
Watch the video: What is environmental racism?
Watch Video What Is Environmental Racism?
Duration: 2:57
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Read the PDF Environmental Racism of my ex-student Krystal McKoy
Watch the two videos below about Environmental education:
Watch Video Celebrating Environmental Education: Tbilisi+40
Watch Video eeLEARN – What Is EE – The Definition of Environmental Education
Respond to the following questions: (10 points)
How does where people live (geography) help determine one’s cultural identity?
What historical events have had a great impact on the education of students in the South?
How would you describe the geographic landscape of Appalachia? How has it impacted its families and children over the past 50 years?
What influence have educators in New England had on education in the United States?
Why do you think students in the Great Plains finish high school at higher rates than students in other regions?
What are the primary educational issues debated at the political level in the West and Southwest?
What are the significant differences in teaching in rural, urban, and suburban school districts?
How does a family’s moving from one school district to another affect their children? How can teachers provide a welcoming environment to a new student?
Why should global perspectives be included in the PK-12 curriculum?
How should a teacher integrate immigrant students into the classroom and assist them in learning at a level similar to that of other students?
Respond to the discussion (100 words minimum)-5 pts
Why is it important to learn about environmental racism in a diversity course? Are there ways in which the educational system can help to decrease this global issue? You can cite simple and only one in APA style (optional)