April 7 is World Health Day. We recommend the following films plus our free teaching guides for teaching about the intersection of individual health, public health, and human rights:

• Our Environmental Studies Lesson Collection, about environmental conditions;
• A Towering Task, about international Health Disparity and the Health Gradient;
• From the Ashes, about coal and public health;
• Greener Pastures, about the impact of soil and food quality on nutrition and health;
• Landfill Harmonic, about waste, recycling and water;
• The Invisible Shield, about the public health system that makes modern life possible;
• Unzipped, about homelessness and the affordable housing crisis.

We are also pleased to offer free teaching resources for films about human rights and freedom from discrimination:

• Our Black History Lesson Collection, about Black history and racial equity;
• Crip Camp, about disability rights;
• Finding Pride, about LGBTQ identities;
• He Named Me Malala and The Neighborhood Storyteller, about gender equity in education;
• Hidden Figures and Jane, about gender equity in STEM fields;
• Wadjda and Whale Rider, about gender equity in contemporary society.

These teaching materials are available for free to help you teach about the complex social issues that affect individual health and public health — today and all year round.

 

Film is a powerful tool for engaging students across the curriculum (not just in science classes!) about the wonders of the natural world, environmental science, and youth climate activism. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite Earth-related resources to help you inspire your students for Earth Month, Earth Week, Earth Day and all year long!

Films to Teach for Earth Month

Grades 3-5

• The Love Bugs – This guide is also available in Spanish.

Grades 4-12

• Jane. Learn more about teaching with this film with our article at Share My Lesson: Inspiring a Love of Nature and Learning: Celebrating Jane Goodall

Grades 6-12

• Whale Rider

Grades 7-12

• Landfill Harmonic
• One Strange Rock
• The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
• Youth v Gov

For Grades 9-12

• Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops – This guide is also available in Spanish.
• From the Ashes
• Greener Pastures – This guide is also available in Spanish.
• River of Gold – This guide is also available in Spanish and Portuguese.
• Walden, a game

Lesson Collections for Earth Month

• Celebration of Nature lessons for grades 3-7
• Environmental Studies lessons for grades 7-12

Earth and Environment Teaching Articles

• Celebrate Youth Climate Activism for Earth Month
• Inspiring a Love of Nature and Learning: Celebrating Jane Goodall
• Learn about Forests
• Teach Climate Change in Social Studies
• Teach Climate Science with Film

Webinars about Teaching Environmental Films

• Climate Emergencies: Using Feedback Loop Films to Inspire and Educate
• Engineering and Activism: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind