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How Protecting the Amazon Protects Human Health

That's News to Me

Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring modified 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

Indigenous
activist
environment
researcher
legally
exact
detailed
landscape
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