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In this lesson, students explore whether ecocide should be considered a crime, as proposed in international law.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students respond to photos and facts about the environmental impact of the destruction of a dam in wartime Ukraine, and are introduced to the concept of ecocide.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students learn the proposed definition of ecocide in international law and analyze it using a Frayer Model, exploring possible examples during both wartime and peacetime.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students demonstrate their knowledge of ecocide and present their perspective on the topic by creating and sharing a one-pager.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Define and understand ecocide within the context of a proposed international law.
- Evaluate the proposed legal definition of ecocide through examples of environmental damage during war and peace.
- Identify short and long-term consequences of environmental damage, including climate change.
- Critique the crime of ecocide by identifying some of the ways that humans have an interconnected and interdependent relationship with nature.
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