In Lesson 3, students will focus on understanding how access to the outdoors can be limited for minority groups, particularly people with disabilities participating in adaptive sports. This lesson introduces adaptive backcountry skiing as a real-world example to explore how physical, social, and structural barriers affect who can participate in outdoor activities. Through guided warm-up questions, vocabulary practice, and a listening activity featuring adaptive athletes, students will build the language needed to describe accessibility challenges and discuss inclusive solutions. By the end of the lesson, learners will begin connecting these ideas to advocacy, considering how outdoor spaces can be redesigned to become safer and more welcoming for everyone.

In this lesson, students will shift from understanding accessibility issues in the outdoors to actively advocating for change. Using speaking and media as tools, learners will analyze real examples of outdoor inaccessibility and transform their ideas into structured, persuasive podcast episodes. Through guided discussion, modeling, and collaborative planning, students will learn how to clearly present an accessibility issue, explain why it matters, and propose realistic solutions. This lesson emphasizes voice, storytelling, and critical thinking, encouraging students to use their language skills to raise awareness and promote more inclusive outdoor spaces. By the end of the class, students will have created and recorded a short advocacy podcast that reflects their understanding of equity, access, and social responsibility in outdoor environments.

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