The Green Literacy Handbook (eBook)

Inspire Environmental Stewardship Through Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing, Grades K–5 (Active learning that inspires critical thinking and environmental awareness)

Jen Cullerton Johnson, Mary K. Gove (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2025 | 1., Literacy
248 Seiten
Solution Tree Press (Verlag)
978-1-960574-49-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Introducing Green Literacy, a way of teaching that cultivates critical thinking, reading, and writing about environmentalism through children’s books and digital media. Students analyze multiple perspectives, engage in hands-on activities, and come to a deeper understanding of environmental issues. Supported through teaching models and thematic units, educators empower themselves and their students to develop environmental awareness toward sustainable change.

K–5 teachers can use this book to:

• Explore environmental justice issues using familiar stories and digital tools to spark curiosity and new ideas with reading, writing, and drama strategies for engagement


• Engage students with activities on weather, ecosystems, and how nature connects individuals and develops systems thinking


• Encourage students to see environmental issues from all angles to deepen their understanding and empathy and move them toward sustainable change


• Be empowered with seed ideas about environmental issues, including classroom engagement strategies and professional development opportunities

Contents:

Preface: What Is Green Literacy?

Introduction: How to Use the Green Literacy Handbook

Part 1: Foundations of Green Literacy

Chapter 1: Green Literacy’s Theoretical Foundations

Chapter 2: Green Literacy’s Practical Foundations

Part 2: Teaching of Green Literacy

Chapter 3: Creation of the Green Literacy Model

Chapter 4: Thematic Unit Design and Customization With Twelve Insights Into Green Literacy Teaching

Part 3: Support to Design Your Own Green Literacy Thematic Units

Chapter 5: How Landscapes Shape Us

Chapter 6: How Extreme Weather Events Connect Our Communities

Chapter 7: How Systems Thinking Changes Our World

Epilogue: We Transform Futures Together

Appendix A: Green Literacy Thematic Unit Planning Template

Appendix B: Choice Boards for Chapters 5–7

References and Resources

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.8.2025
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 1-960574-49-3 / 1960574493
• ISBN-13: 978-1-960574-49-7 / 9781960574497