About This Lesson
Aligned with NYS Common Core Learning Standards. Students will be able to relate the concepts of deforestation to their own lives; collect data, facts, and ideas on the environmental issue of global warming and the empowerment of women; develop and synthesize information with supporting materials to create an original letter or film; produce an original film or letter focused on the concepts of deforestation and its negative global impact; and advocate about the environmental work of Wangari Maathai.