Lesson Plan: Amazon Rainforest Defenders Confront Violence, Encroachment and Politics
Grades 6-12
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has been a top concern of environmentalists and Indigenous peoples for several decades. The assassination of the Brazilian environmental activist Chico Mendes in 1988 fueled an international movement to save the rainforest from unchecked development. In this lesson, students will investigate the effects of deforestation in the Amazon and explore how the legacy of Chico Mendes continues to inspire environmental action.
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