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How Protecting the Amazon Protects Human Health

That's News to Me

High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about how protecting Amazon rainforests, especially under the care of Indigenous peoples, improves human health. The article also addresses the importance of emphasizing rainforest conservation when discussing solutions for climate change. This lesson includes comprehension and discussion questions and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
Amazon rainforest
health

Vocabulary

evidence
maintain
negotiator
delegate
reciprocity
anthropology
correlation
empirically
tenure
livestock
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