Alan J. Singer

Teaching Climate History (eBook, ePUB)

There is No Planet B

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This interdisciplinary book offers an in-depth examination of the history of the Earth's climate and how historians and citizens can influence contemporary climate debate and activism. This book is meant for use by teachers in high school elective or an introductory college course settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000480665
• Artikelnr.: 62653017

Autorenporträt

Alan J. Singer is a teacher educator at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, a former New York City high school teacher, and a life-long political activist starting with the anti-war and Civil Rights movements of the 1960s.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Climate Vocabulary
1. "Our House is on Fire"
2. Responsibility of the Historian as Public Intellectual
3.Tipping Points
4. Great Climate Migration
5. Earth's Past Climates
6. Climate Change and Human Evolution
7. Extreme Heat
8. Four Billion Years of Climate History
9. Mass Extinctions
10. "Clocking" Climate Change
11. Diseases Carried by Mosquitoes or Hidden in the Ice
12. Climate Change Deniers and Minimizers
13. A Short Cold Snap of about 500 Years
14. Power of Ice
15. Climate Repercussions
16. Water Scarcity, Water's Vengeance
17. Technology Debate
18. Saving the Amazon Rainforest
19. Capitalism vs. the Climate
20. Climate Activism (Where do we go from here?)
Appendix 1: Annotated Bibliography
Appendix II. Resources for Teaching about Climate Change