ROLE PLAY: SIX AMERICAS, SIX VIEWS ON GLOBAL WARMING STUDENT PAGE

The document outlines a classroom activity where students simulate a climate change-related scenario by adopting one of six distinct personas based on the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's research. These personas—the Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, and Dismissive—represent unique audiences within the American public. Students are required to use a graphic organizer to develop their character's opinions and evidence, write a script that includes clarifying questions and evidence-based claims, and perform the skit. The guide includes a rubric for grading based on evidence use, collaboration, and performance quality, as well as reflection questions to help students understand the challenges of communicating with people who hold differing views on global warming.

• The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication has categorized the American public into six distinct audiences based on their responses to climate change: the Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, and Dismissive.
• The educational exercise emphasizes that effective climate communication requires more than just providing facts, as students are asked to reflect on why "it isnt enough to just give people the facts?"

APA

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (n.d.). ROLE PLAY: SIX AMERICAS, SIX VIEWS ON GLOBAL WARMING STUDENT PAGE. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2021/02/Role-Play-Student_2026.pdf

Chicago

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. ROLE PLAY: SIX AMERICAS, SIX VIEWS ON GLOBAL WARMING STUDENT PAGE. n.d. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2021/02/Role-Play-Student_2026.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yaleprogramonclimatechangecommunicationndrole, author = {{Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{ROLE PLAY: SIX AMERICAS, SIX VIEWS ON GLOBAL WARMING STUDENT PAGE}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2021/02/Role-Play-Student_2026.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }