Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Environmental Justice in Dallas

Subject Area

Health Education

Grade(s)

10, 11, 12

Overview

Follow a Dallas community's fight to receive federal Superfund status to clean up the damage from a high-polluting lead smelter in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism." Meet Luis Sepulveda, a community member who organized the West Dallas Coalition for Environmental Justice, which eventually succeeded in having the site win Superfund status.

    Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 10-12 - World Health

    HE19.WH.8.2

    Work cooperatively as an advocate for improving world-wide health.

    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    PBS
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
    License

    License Type

    Custom
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