Teaching Climate History: There is No Planet B

ISBN-13: 9781032061320 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 170 str.

Alan J. Singer

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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;