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What's So Funny about Climate Change? Editorial Cartoon Opinions



This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze six editorial cartoons for conflicting perspectives on the direness of the threat of climate change.



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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Grade Level(s)

Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

Media Type(s)

Editorial Cartoon, Web Video

Author(s)

Brian Goodman & Sox Sperry

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Resource Standard Common Core ELA Strand
Reading: Informational text (RI)