Transcript Maldives
Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at [email protected]. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools. Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently lives in New York City. She works in the Youth Services Department at the Educational Alliance as the Assistant Director for Higher Education Initiatives, where she specifically oversees college prep programming for high school seniors, and academic enrichment programming for middle school students. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access programming at Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania. This fall, she will begin her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to her work in the education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? © Sakis Papadopoulos/plainpicture How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? Southwest of India and Sri Lanka, the Republic of the Maldives has become a holiday hotspot during the past 40 years. Fewer than 200 of the 1,192 islands within the 26 atolls are occupied, and most of those cater to the tourism industry, though fishing is still a major economic force. The average elevation of these islands is less than 5 feet above sea level, making the Maldives the world’s lowest country. That low elevation also makes the Maldives the nation at the most immediate risk of annihilation due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. In fact, scientists suggest that some islands in the chain may be underwater at some point in the near future. Very conscious of these threats, the Maldivian government has put into place some of the world’s most aggressive plans to reduce greenhouse emissions, which are thought to contribute to climate change. If all goes as planned, the nation will eliminate or offset all greenhouse gasses it produces by 2020. How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? 1 Map Search Where are the Maldives? 2 Web Search What is climate change? 3 Web Search What are arguments against the occurrence of climate change, and how do scientists and activists who believe that climate change is occurring respond? 4 Web Search What evidence do scientists point to in support of their claims that climate change is occurring? 5 Web Search What types of laws have nations like the Maldives passed to address climate change? Which countries have not passed such laws? How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? 5 Minutes How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? 1 Map Search Where are the Maldives? 2 Web Search What is climate change? 3 Web Search What are arguments against the occurrence of climate change, and how do scientists and activists who believe that climate change is occurring respond? 4 Web Search What evidence do scientists point to in support of their claims that climate change is occurring? 5 Web Search What types of laws have nations like the Maldives passed to address climate change? Which countries have not passed such laws? How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? 1 Map Search Where are the Maldives? How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? 2 Web Search What is climate change? How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? 3 Web Search What are arguments against the occurrence of climate change, and how do scientists and activists who believe that climate change is occurring respond? How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? 4 Web Search What evidence do scientists point to in support of their claims that climate change is occurring? How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world? 5 Web Search What types of laws have nations like the Maldives passed to address climate change? Which countries have not passed such laws? How do the responses to the concept of climate change vary around the world?