Antonietta Capuzza Giovanna Galli Classi IB IH Iih

• Antonietta Capuzza Giovanna Galli Classi IB, IH, Iih, IIQ • Moduli di geografia in inglese per il I e il II anno del liceo scientifico • CLIL Geography • Global Warming And Climate Change • MODULE 2

If a subject isn’t a priority for their electors , politicians will ignore it Al Gore • • Interdisciplinary links biology and environment cinema and global warming literature and future world • art and landscapes Biology and environment • Cinema and global warming • Literature and future world • Art and landscapes

In this module we are going to learn about global warming, environmental problems and their effect on people’s lives GLOBAL WARMING: A GLOBAL ISSUE TOPICS 1. the destructive power of global warming 2. enviromental problems

Lesson 1. 2. Setting the stage (3 minutes) Free association 1

Module 2 - Global warming effect on people’ lives and the best attitudes to help environment 1. Warmer climate and areas at risks (activities 1) 2. Turning green (activity 2) • 1. 2. 3. Expansion (activity 3 and 4) CLIL connections: CINEMA CLIL connections: LITERATURE CLIL connections: ART Lesson 1 Countries will be seriously affected by climate change, while others may adapt more easily, others will probably disappear.

MODULE 2 1. 2. Setting the stage (3 minutes) Free association

Global warming effect on people’s lives Our planet is becoming hotter. But what effect will global warming have, in your opinion, on people’s lives? Some countries will probably be more seriously affected by climate change, while others may adapt more easily…

Expansion Have you ever heard of Katrina? The USA, from 24 th to 30 th August 2005, was victim to Katrina, one of the strongest and most devastating hurricanes ever experienced. It reached speeds of 224 km per hour and brought with it an enormous amount of rain. New Orleans, the jazz capital of the world, suffered more than other cities. The city lies on swampland, mostly below sea level. Katrina destroyed the levees built to protect the city, and, by 31 st August, 80% of it was under water. More than 1800 people died as a result of Katrina, the majority in New Orleans.

Have you ever heard of extreme heat waves? Periods of very hot temperatures during the summer are becoming more common because of global warming. Sometimes people die because it is too hot and, in Africa, leads to a rise in water scarcity, crop failure and malnutrition.

READING READING Activity one: read answer about the future scenarios ( 20 minutes) A. B. C. D. E. F. Which areas are most at risk because of global warming? Where could a warmer climate prove to be beneficial and why? Where will agricolture expand where will it diminish? Where will ice melt? Which countries might become colder? Which consequences of global warming can be considered

2 Lesson Activity 2: read “Turning green" and then Look at the spider-graph (30 minutes)

Write in the bubble

Lesson 3 Activity 3: survey (20 minutes) Are you environmental friendly? Working in group, prepare a questionnaire (about three -four questions) to find out if your classmates are environment’s friends and answer.

Activity 4 (10 minutes) Then make a poster with the best attitudes by which you can help the environment (about five-six recommendations to improve the situation).

Lesson 4 C i n e m a ( 1 0 0 m i n u t e s ) A

PRE – WATCHING Thinking about problems related to the environment that you have learn in these lessons AFTER – WATCHING CLASS DISCUSSION What was your reaction to the film? Did you like it? Did you find Gore’s arguments convincing?

LITERATURE (60 MINUTES) lesson The masterpiece of zero years THE ROAD 5 CORMAC MC CARTHY

PRE- READING Can you describe the day after of a possible disaster of planet? READING AND WRITING Read some page of the novel and write down all the words denoting the devastating planet WHAT ABOUT YOU? What does the novel tell about the future of planet in your opinion? What would be the cause of the environmental disaster? There have been many different reactions to the story. Some people have praised it for making us more aware of environment, while others have said that the American writer Cormac Mc Carthy exaggerated the risks of future disaster of the world. Did you find the plot convincing ?

Lesson 6 -Visualart (60 minutes) THE STORM BY WILLIAM TURNER, 1842

SPEAKING Look at the painting and try to describe what you can see in them LOOKING AND WRITING Write three elements denoting the violence of nature WHAT ABOUT YOU? Do you like landscape painting? Do you like this picture and why? Are you attracted by wild landscapes? Why?

1. Glossary 1. Climate change cambiamento climatico 2. CFCs chlorofluorocarbons clorofluorocarburi 3. carbon dioxide CO 2 anidride carbonica 4. coal carbone 5. crop raccolto 6. crop failure cattivo raccolto 7. drought siccità 8. energy policies politiche energetiche 9. exhaust fumes fumi di scarico 10. factory fumes fumi industriali 11. flooding inondazione 12. fossil fuel combustibile fossile 13. global warming riscaldamento globale 14. greenhouse gas serra 15. growing season periodo di coltivazione 16. heat waves ondate di calore 17. exhaust fumes/factory fumes fumi di scarico e di fabbriche 18. melt sciogliersi

GLOSSARY 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. polar ice caps calotte polari polluted inquinato pollution (levels) (livelli di) inquinamento raise aumentare recycling bank ecostazione di riciclo rise up innalzarsi rubbish/litter spazzatura seed seme shore litorale solar panel pannello solare swampland palude to starve morire di fame threat minaccia threaten minacciare tide marea waste rifiuti

Slideshow card Title: Global Warming and Climate Change Subject: Geography Teachers: Capuzza Antonietta, Galli Giovanna (Italian and Latin language and litterature) Class: first and second year - Liceo Scientifico Age: fourteen/fifteen years old Materials: photos, documentaries, songs, graphs Contents : - physical, economic and political geography; - objective data on the effects of human behaviours and economic and industrial activities on the earth; - global warming effects - connected risks for the planet and for the future generations; Prerequisites: - knowledge of the main concepts of physical, economic and political geography; -basic knowledge of the institutions which are in the national territory (such as town councils, regions and districts) and in the world (such as ONU, BMI, FMI)

Aims (content ): students will know: - reasons of climate change - different aspects of global warming - other global environmental issues - global warming present and future effects - impact of global warming and other environmental problems on people’s lives - risks for planet and will be able to: - develop hypotheses to reduce global warming - suggest measures to combat climate change Aims (language): (at the end of the lesson) students : 1. will have improved their mastering of the English language using it in meaningful contexts; 2. will have expanded their vocabulary in the field related to Geography; 3. will have practiced the impersonal language to speculate about scientific and technological topics.

Strategies: - working in pairs and groups; - sharing ideas in group discussions so that students extend content and language knowledge; - hypothesizing; - problem solving; - analyzing; - summarizing Activities: - whatching movies and documentaries; - listening to songs; - data processing;

BIBLIOGRAPHY • Coyle D. , Hood Ph. , Marsh D. • CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Cambridge. University Press, 2010. • Graziella G. , Stefania M. • Art & Geo for CLIL, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2006.

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