Hydropower in Africa – Exit Ticket

Summary

Hydropower in Africa Exit Ticket

This exit ticket asks students to put themselves in the position of a community member affected by energy infrastructure development. Students imagine that their family has to relocate so a new power plant can be built where they currently live, and they reflect on how they would feel, what concerns they would have, and what conditions or protections should be in place before relocation. Students are asked to provide at least two specific examples of protections and explain why each matters.

This reflection activity builds empathy and helps students translate the abstract concept of displacement, which appears throughout the Hydropower in Africa video and research project, into a personal frame. It pushes students past simple cost-benefit thinking and into stakeholder analysis, encouraging them to consider whose voices are typically heard or ignored in energy decisions. The exit ticket works as a quick formative assessment, a discussion starter, or a journal-style prompt at the end of the lesson.

This resource is designed for middle school and high school environmental science, geography, and AP Environmental Science classrooms.

Extend the Lesson: Use this exit ticket at the close of the full Hydropower in Africa lesson. For broader context, connect students to the Introduction to Hydropower lesson or the Introduction to Energy Access / Energy Poverty lesson, where displacement and energy access are explored in greater depth.