• What are global changes?
• How are global environmental changes connected with human activities?
• What is Canada's role and responsibility towards global change?

• help teachers make effective use of Global Change and Canadians in developing programs with students concerning global change;
• provide a basic set of teaching/learning activities related to the major topics of the book;
• suggest curricular connections between topics in global change and the school program;
• and list some additional resources.

• What Is Global Change?
• Why Is Global Change Important to Canada?
• What Are the Causes of Global Change?
• What Are the Consequences of Global Change?
• How Will Global Change Affect Society?
• How Should Canadians Respond to Global Change?

This Teacher's Guide is organized around these questions and attempts to focus learning activities on developing knowledge and understanding of the main issues related to global change. The guide addresses critical thinking and problem-solving, suggesting active learning through research projects so that students will be equipped to take responsibility for environmental enhancement in their own homes, schools and communities. Global Change and Canadians and this accompanying Teacher's Guide stress the connection between local activities and global change, as well as Canada's role and responsibility in the economic and environmental world system.

Presentation of Global Change

The subject matter also tends to be presented in a "gloom and doom" context. To dispel any potential anxiety, teachers should try to focus on the "good news" stories of environmental renewal (e.g. the greening of Sudbury, Ontario, the clean-up of Lake Erie, the River Thames in the United Kingdom, etc.) and local environmental heroes. Furthermore, emphasis should be placed on an individual's ability to effect positive changes in society and the environment.