Environmental Justice in Dallas

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

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.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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