This module invites students to evaluate the effects of climate change on migration across the globe. By exploring four real-life climate events in Senegal, the Philippines, Germany, and Kiribati in the South Pacific, the module illustrates that climate change can lead to circular, internal and international migration, but also to local adaptation. Through a power walk and scenario play, the module makes students discover that climate change affects people differently across the world. Students learn that personal factors and government policies have an important impact on climate-related migration and staying.
Class duration
45-90 minutes
Teaching methods:
Game/
Role play
Maps
Soundscape/
Music
Storytelling/
Stories
What your students will learn
General learning outcome
Evaluate the potential effects of climate change on migration
Specific learning outcomes
Understand that climate change is a mediating, not direct, driver of migration
Identify adaptation strategies to different types of climate events
Recognise that governmental support and policies matter for how people react and adapt to climate change
Class structure and timeline
Development in class
Activity 1: Quiz: Rapid and slow onset events
Activity 2: Four climate events
Activity 3: Optional: Climate (in)justice: A power walk
