Literature and World Issues

Students analyze excerpts from Silent Spring and a modern article on climate change, comparing environmental problems, causes, and global concerns across decades. They respond to questions that connect literature to real-world issues and explore how texts from different time periods address environmental responsibility. The worksheet encourages students to think critically about human impact on the environment and the role of writing-literary and informational-in raising awareness.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Connecting Literature to Informational Texts

English Language Arts – Comparing Causes and Issues Across Time

English Language Arts – Environmental Theme Analysis

English Language Arts – Evidence-Based Reasoning

Social Studies – Understanding Global Issues

This worksheet is part of our comparisons & connections in reading worksheets collection.