Lesson Plan

Grades 6-8

What’s Up in the Air? (TESOL)

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30 minutes (Part 1); 30 minutes (Part 2)

SUBJECTS: Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Energy, Public Health

Resource Overview

Written and scaffolded for ELL, students interpret photos, along with historical accounts and online research, to deduce what human activities contribute to air pollution and suggest possible solutions.

Students will be able to:
  • Identify specific causes of air pollution.
  • Explain cause-and-effect relationships between air pollution and its impacts on human health.
  • Consider solutions to reduce human impacts on air quality.
  • Verbally respond to comprehension questions while listening to a short story read out loud.
  • Write sentences describing historical photographs.
  • Use vocabulary describing air pollution in context.
Patient resting in an oxygen tent due to air pollution in Denora, PA, 1948

Features of This Resource

  • TESOL lesson plan, includes a greater focus on practicing English-language speaking, writing, listening and reading
  • Scaffolded for L2, L3 and L4 levels of language proficiency
  • Lesson plan includes story of the Donora Death Smog
  • Student integrate visual information with textual information
  • Focus on solutions – students consider how to reduce human impact on air quality

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