Debating 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
This lesson includes:
- Climate schools programme lesson plan
- Climate schools programme slide deck
- Climate schools programme student worksheets
- Climate schools programme debate role cards
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
