Focus the Nation

I finally saw An Inconvienent Truth for the first time today. My guess was that the film would be a lot like a Michael Moore film but I was pleasently surprised by how simple it was, just Al Gore giving a PowerPoint presentation. I really learned a lot about Global Warming, including;

• what exactly Global Warming is
• where it will have the most impact
• what changes I can make in my daily life to help stop Global Warming

Since I have a history concentration, I found it a little difficult to think of ways of incorporating Global Warming awareness into my classroom. I could talk to my students about why Global Warming has become such a threat, how it all started (possibly talk about the rise of industries, automobiles, etc). I could also talk to them about the things they could do to help reverse the problem so that history (them) could change the future (their children and etc.)