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Recycling Lesson PlanRecycling Lesson Plan
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Deliberating in a Democracy
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9th - 12th
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Recycling

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How often have you passed by a recycling container in your school? Scholars research the issue of recycling in the ever-changing global world. Using documentation and video evidence, they form their own opinions on recycling and how it is impacting the planet itself. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

recycling, global warming, global environment

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Preview the lesson with the video The Story of Stuff
  • Take a school-wide poll to find out how many believe in recycling
  • Place recyclable materials around the classroom as visual evidence of the topic 

Classroom Considerations

  • Group size should be no more than three for reading and research purposes

Pros

  • Contains deliberation questions, which help facilitate discussion and plan for potential responses
  • Resource contains printable worksheets and materials for classroom use

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  • None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3

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