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The Green Literacy Handbook
Inspire Environmental Stewardship Through Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing, Grades K–5
The Green Literacy Handbook blends environmental awareness with critical literacy, empowering educators to create lessons with thematic unit plans focusing on biodiversity, climate change, and systems thinking. Through hands-on implementation, students build better environmental responsibility and school community engagement.
Benefits
- 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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1: Green Literacy’s Theoretical Foundations
Chapter 2: Green Literacy’s Practical Foundations
Chapter 3: Creation of the Green Literacy Model
Chapter 4: Thematic Unit Design and Customization With Twelve Insights Into Green Literacy Teaching
Chapter 5: How Landscapes Shape Us
Chapter 6: How Extreme Weather Events Connect Our Communities
Chapter 7: How Systems Thinking Changes Our World
Appendix A: Green Literacy Thematic Unit Planning Template
Online-Only Reproducibles
- Chapter 3 Commentaries With Paired Teaching Strategies
- Game Sheet for the Intra-Act Valuation Phase
- Green Literacy Thematic Unit Planning Template: Completed “How Extreme Weather Events Connect Our Communities” Unit
- Green Literacy Thematic Unit Planning Template: Completed “How Landscapes Shape Us” Unit
- Green Literacy Thematic Unit Planning Template: Completed “How Systems Thinking Changes Our World” Unit
- Green Reads and Views Lists for Chapters 5–7
- Illustration of How Green Literacy Commentaries Support Teachers
- Role Play for Grades 3–5 and Beyond
- The Green Literacy Approach to Personal Narrative
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Epilogue
