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Creative Change Educational Solutions (CCES) is a national leader in Education for Sustainability (EfS). Based in southeast Michigan, we support K20 leaders and institutions to make EfS the basis of policy and practice. A comprehensive approach to curriculum transformation and leadership development places food systems, renewable energy, urban revitalization and other sustainability issues at the center of innovation and reform. Learn More.
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The Curriculum and Resource Center (CRC) is our comprehensive, online collection of interdisciplinary resources used to support a variety of integration approaches for sustainability education K20. It includes a rich portfolio of courses, units and instructional resources on a variety of sustainability topics. This deep and growing collection of multimedia materials, developed in-house by our experts and partners, supports educators to enhance existing lessons, redesign units, or create entirely new courses. |
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Greetings!
Trying to build critical thinking skills in your students? This newsletter features CRC materials that can help!
We will continue to send out monthly updates for subscribers. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or to offer suggestions or feedback. |
 | New Lesson: Evaluating Positions on Land Use |  Developing policies for sustainable communities requires an understanding of multiple positions on land use. This new lesson helps learners evaluate and assess diverse positions on land use. Students evaluate statements from multiple sources and evaluate the positions based on evidence, underlying values, and potential bias. The lesson is a great way to introduce the potentially politicized nature of land use issues by highlighting the tensions between private property rights and the public good. Recommended for grades 9 and up.
To find the instructor and learner packet for this lesson, login to the CRC and select the "Build Your Own Curriculum" database tab. Scroll down to enter the lesson title into the Keyword search box.
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Tips & Tricks: Building Critical Thinking Through Online Research
| | The election may be over, but spirited debate over issues continues--especially online. As you send your students off into cyberspace for research, how can you help them identify credible sources and potential bias? We recommend the lesson Evaluating the Credibility of Websites. This lesson provides an overview of organization types based on website addresses (e.g., .edu, .org, .com), and what this can indicate about viewpoints, bias, and credibility. The lesson includes research guidelines and critical thinking prompts. Recommended for grades 6 and up. |
| Upcoming Orientation Webinars: Get Acquainted with the CRC | Welcome to the CRC! We regularly offer brief (20 min.) webinars to orient you to the Curriculum and Resource Center. These webinars will provide a tour of the main sections and features. Our January webinars are:
Wednesday, January 16 at 10 am EST. Link to register.
Wednesday, January 30 at 2 pm EST. Link to register.
Once we approve your registration request, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the meeting. |
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Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
The Creative Change Team
CREATIVE CHANGE EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS |
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