Positives

• Although we need to produce twelve times the amount of clean electricity we produce today, the video's message remains hopeful.
• The video explains that reliable electricity access can lift people out of poverty.
• The transcript is available in nine languages and contains a read-along feature for students who need support.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should understand how fossil fuel production contributes to climate change and what will happen if current fossil fuel use continues.
• Students should understand the terms net-zero emissions and net-negative emissions.

Differentiation

• Math classes can compare the units of petawatts to kilowatts, megawatts, gigawatts, and terawatts.
• Geography classes can use the Electricity Energy Infrastructure and Resources Interactive Map to locate renewable and nonrenewable energy plants.
• Other resources on this topic include this course on clean energy sources and this Grist video on building a town that runs on renewable energy.