Teaching Tools

We created these teaching tools to help teachers introduce environmental justice content into college classes in a wide variety of disciplines. The tools range from five-minute exercises that can be built into a traditional lecture format to multi-week projects around which the rest of the course can be built. We have sug­gested intro­ductory readings to accompany many of the teaching tools. These readings, along with other resources, are also compiled in the resource list. We also have some lesson planning suggestions.

Most schools reward students who learn well through listening (to lectures), reading (books and articles), and writing (essays). Our teaching tools were designed to engage a wider array of learning styles. We hope they will serve as a source of ideas for your own creativity in the classroom.

Please send us your comments as you try the teaching tools. We will happily add your suggestions to this site so that others can benefit from them. Thank you to all those who have contributed!

Index of Tools

Use the indexes and hyperlinks below to browse through the teaching tools one by one. Move your cursor slowly over the teaching tools for more information about them. Or, download a PDF of all of the tools.