Pedagogical approaches for climate justice orientations to teaching history and social studies

In this article we address the question: what is a climate justice approach to teaching history and social studies? Building from history education literature on the topic of climate history, we review international literature in climate change education and climate justice education published between 2017 and 2023 to develop conceptions of climate justice education relevant to teaching history and social studies more specifically. We customised 11 themes derived from the literature review as pedagogical prompts for history and social studies teachers. Our purpose is to offer teachers an overview of research-informed pedagogical approaches from which they can select as they determine the needs and strengths of their learners, and as they consider the kind of climate justice educator they hope to be in a history or social studies classroom.