Teaching Environmental Justice -- a workshop in Austin by Rethinking Schools

Good news from the folks at Rethinking Schools:

Teaching Climate Change and Environmental Justice
Thursday, November 21University of Texas Austin College of Education

Dear Texas Rethinking Schools friends,
We are happy to announce that while in Austin for the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference, Rethinking Schools editor Bill Bigelow will offer a free full-day workshop on teaching about climate change and environmental justice on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 at the University of Texas Austin College of Education.

Sign up here.

Bigelow will introduce lessons from the Rethinking Schools book he co-edited, A People’s Curriculum for the Earth: Teaching Climate Change and the Environmental Crisis . Each participant will receive a free copy of the book.

Event Details

University of Texas Austin College of Education
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019

8:30am to 3:30pm

Ideal for in-service and pre-service teachers, other school staff, curriculum coordinators, teacher educators, school media specialists, and environmental justice activists.

Breakfast and lunch are provided.

Sponsored by the Texas Center for Education Policy, UT Austin College of Education, Environment Texas, and Rethinking Schools.

Space is limited, so sign up today

Meet the Teaching People’s History Team at NCSS 2019

And if you are going to the National Council for the Social Studies in Austin, Nov. 22-24, visit the Zinn Education Project booth in the exhibit hall, and attend workshops led by Rethinking Schools editors, Adam Sanchez, Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, and Bill Bigelow.
More details here.