Greta Thunberg

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/greta-thunberg

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Greta Thunberg born?January 3, 2003
2. Where was Greta Thunberg born?Stockholm, Sweden
3. What is Greta Thunberg known for?Founding the Fridays for Future movement and advocating for urgent climate action
4. What is the related topics?Climate change, environmental activism, youth empowerment, global justice, human rights
5. When did Greta begin her school strike?In August 2018, when she was 15 years old, she began striking outside the Swedish Parliament.
6. What is the "Fridays for Future" movement?It is a worldwide youth-led climate strike that grew from Greta's solo protest and now has millions of students joining each week.

Climate Crisis: The urgent and severe threat posed by long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, largely driven by human activity.
Systemic Change: Fundamental alterations to the underlying structures, policies, and institutions that shape societal outcomes.
Intersectional Advocacy: An approach that recognizes how various social identities and systems of oppression overlap and impact individuals and communities.