Climate Schools Programme English intro lesson
Develop analysis skills to identify persuasive writing techniques and highlight bias in climate change reporting.
View ResourceDebating climate action
This is English lesson 1B of the Climate Schools Programme. In these lessons the subject of climate change is a lens to explore communication, persuasive language and debate. Young people will engage with a lot of information on climate change. This lesson supports you to help them to understand the topic, analyse it and reach conclusions. These lessons do not require a scientific understanding of climate change and focus on English language techniques.
The lesson is designed to:
Promote research and argument building skills
Develop debating skills
Be careers focused
After this lesson you could follow on with exploring:
Protect Our Future which provides resources to give young people the knowledge, skills and voice to speak about climate change confidently
Setting up a climate action club
