Environmental Impacts of Halloween (Analysis and Educational Campaign)

What’s the scariest part of Halloween? The environmental impacts (or teaching on Halloween)! 

This fun and interactive Halloween lesson is sure to be a TREAT for your students. 

This activity allows students to investigate five different negative impacts of Halloween on the environment, then utilize their creativity skills and new knowledge to launch an educational campaign to raise awareness and suggest solutions on one issue of their choosing. Students will read about five different environmental impacts of Halloween and answer reading comprehension questions. Each environmental impact includes a short reading, a visual aid (infographic, picture, or video), and two analysis questions. Students will then select one issue and create a poster alerting the public to the issue and providing a creative solution. 

This lesson can be taught synchronously or asynchronously, online or in person. This assignment can be given for students to complete independently, in groups, or as a jigsaw by assigning one topic per team and then allowing teams to share their learnings with classmates.  Students can present their final products through formal presentations or a gallery walk.  This activity can be used with students ranging from middle school through high school and is designed to last one to two class periods.