Demanding Justice in New Jersey Inquiry 4 - Newark Public Library

Demanding Justice in New Jersey Inquiry 4

Inquiry 4

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Ensuring Environmental Justice 

This inquiry leads students through an investigation of climate change and cases of environmental injustice in New Jersey and beyond. Students will analyze how climate change and environmental injustice shape our everyday lives by engaging with sources from scientific news outlets, local community organizations, and environmental justice activists. They will also explore how activists in New Jersey and around the globe have advocated for climate and environmental justice.

Through this investigation, students will better understand how to take informed action in their communities for environmental justice.

The learning standards connected to this inquiry are listed on pages two and three of the inquiry PDF document.