ABSTRACT
This chapter shows one how to harness that power to address the topic of climate change. It describes that Climate Change (Cli-Fi) also offers interesting ideas for changing the way we might teach almost any literary work. Cli-fi literature fosters imagination about future climate change effects that might, one day, actually take place and/or it shows us future worlds that help us better understand our own. Cli-fi is an engaging literature for the classroom. The chapter introduces many climate change works appropriate for the wide range of today's secondary students. It explains the ways that minimize expense and maximize student understanding and motivation. Picture books offer the advantage that they can be read out loud to an entire class in just a few minutes or they can be read closely. Cli-fi short stories are a terrific way to teach about global warming. The chapter describes both a young adult and an adult cli-fi novel written by prize-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi.
