Climate change, global warming, the greenhouse effect...these are topics that will engage your students and provoke debate.
Al Gore's 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth was an international success. It raised awareness about environmental issues and caused a good deal of controversy along the way.
Find out what your students think.
You'll need the trailer YouTube
And the gap fill exercise below (complete text follows)
Once you're done check out the discussion questions at the bottom of this posting.
An Inconvenient Truth Gap Fill
If you look at the ten hottest years _____________, they've all occurred in the last 14 years and the hottest of all was 2005.
________________ is that we are causing global warming.
I am Al Gore. I used to be the next President of the United States of America.
This is Patagonia 75 years ago and the same glacier today. This is Mount Kilimanjaro 30 years ago and last year. ________________ there will be no more snows of Kilimanjaro.
This is really not a ____________ so much as a ________________. Temperature increases are taking place all over the world and that's causing stronger storms.
This is the biggest crisis in the history of this country.
Early this morning Hurricane Katrina _________________ into New Orleans.
Is it possible that we should prepare against other _______________________?
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The Arctic is experiencing faster melting. If this were to go, sea level worldwide would go up twenty feet. This is what would happen in Florida. Around Shanghai, home to 40 million people. The area around Calcutta, 60 million. Here's Manhattan. The World Trade Centre Memorial would be ____________________.
Think of the impact of _________________________. And then imagine 100 million.
We have to act together to solve this global crisis.
Our ability to live is what is ______________.
An Inconvenient Truth Full Text
If you look at the ten hottest years ever measured, they've all occurred in the last 14 years and the hottest of all was 2005.
Scientific consensus is that we are causing global warming.
I am Al Gore. I used to be the next President of the United States of America.
This is Patagonia 75 years ago and the same glacier today. This is Mount Kilimanjaro 30 years ago and last year. Within the decade there will be no more snows of Kilimanjaro.
This is really not a political issue so much as a moral issue. Temperature increases are taking place all over the world and that's causing stronger storms.
This is the biggest crisis in the history of this country.
Early this morning Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans.
Is it possible that we should prepare against other threats besides terrorists?
From Paramount Classics comes a film that has shocked audiences everywhere they've seen it.
The Arctic is experiencing faster melting. If this were to go sea level worldwide would go up twenty feet. This is what would happen in Florida. Around Shanghai, home to 40 million people. The area around Calcutta, 60 million. Here's Manhattan. The World Trade Centre Memorial would be under water.
Think of the impact of a couple of a couple hundred thousand refugees. And then imagine 100 million.
We have to act together to solve this global crisis.
Our ability to live is what is at stake.
Follow-up Discussion Questions
Is global warming an urgent problem. Why/ why not?
What examples of freak weather can you think of in the world?
Can we do anything to improve the situation?
What are the consequences if we don't do anything?
Should this film be shown in schools?
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