How Protecting the Amazon Protects Human Health
That's News to Me
Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12
In this lesson featuring modified content from The Associated Press, students read about how protecting Amazon rainforests, especially under the care of Indigenous peoples, improves human health. The article also addresses the importance of emphasizing rainforest conservation when discussing solutions for climate change. This lesson includes comprehension and discussion questions and a speaking task.
Focus
current events
authentic materials
reading
amazon rainforest
health
Vocabulary
Indigenous
activist
environment
researcher
legally
exact
detailed
landscape