IPCC - Does the government legally have to protect young people from climate change?

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 8 Civics and Citizenship:

• How laws are made in Australia through parliaments (statutory law) and through the courts (common law) (ACHCK063)

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 8 Civics and Citizenship achievement standards: Students explain interconnections within environments and between people and places and explain how they change places and environments. They compare alternative strategies to a geographical challenge, taking into account environmental, economic and social factors.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – Facilitate class discussion, support students in independent work

• Individual devices capable of accessing the internet (optional)
• Student Worksheets – one copy per student
• Writing tools – pen and workbook/lined paper

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Critical thinking

Cool would like to thank the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and The Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation for generously supporting the development of these lessons.