Authors
Patrick Chandler (CIRES), Anne Gold (CIRES), Jonas Smead (Stober Elementary School), Elizabeth Gordon (Stober Elementary School), Caley Gallison (Horizons K-8 School), Peter Szameitat (Fairview High School), Martha Alvarez (Palmer High School), Cooper Anstett (CU Teach program), Collette Heskett (CU Teach program), Kristen Mcdermott (Centaurus High School)
Abstract
In December 2022, United Nations Human Rights, CU Boulder, and the Right Here, Right Now (RHRN) Global Climate Alliance hosted a three-day global climate summit addressing human rights and climate change: The Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit. To support and empower educators and youth attending the summit, educator guides were developed by CIRES Education and Outreach in partnership with the CU RHRN team to match each RHRN theme: Impacts, Obligations, and Solutions. During the summit, a group of teachers worked together to develop lessons focused on braiding climate change and human rights across grade levels and subjects. Together, the educator guides and teacher-designed lessons are meant to inspire teachers to bring a human rights focus on climate change into their classrooms in a way that works for them.