A short article on how living shorelines utilize natural methods to slow coastal erosion within the Chesapeake Bay.
This lesson will discuss absolute advantage, comparative advantage, specialization and trade with an example using professional basketball player LeBron James.
The North Carolina shrimping industry is in peril due to foreign competition. Claims of dumping have been leveled against China, Vietnam and the Asian realm.
In this lesson, students will learn about the geography and topography of China and surrounding countries, discover how ideas, cultures, and goods were exchanged through the Silk Road, relate the ideas of trade and globalization to today, and then write a travel journal entry as if they were a participant in trade along the Silk Road.
Students will find data on the location and description of survey marks in their area and search for them through a variation of geocaching.
In this activity, students research the supply chain of something they own and answer various questions about the company that produced it and whether the company practices ethical business.
Students will work with interactive online geologic maps in order to investigate how old the rocks are in various parts of Texas. This information is important in identifying the location of natural resources and where natural hazards are likely to occur.
In this lesson, students conduct research using various websites in order to develop a cohesive argument about the benefits or disadvantages of the Three Gorges dam.
In this lesson, students learn how warmer temperatures have impacted ice drift tourism on the northern coast of Hokkaido, Japan. They will then consider the ways a continued warming trend might impact other global tourist destinations in the future.
Last summer, I was asked to teach a course in U.S. Geogrphy that would engsge the students, while encouraing development of a final project. So, I created a 24 session course under the guise of a "Travel Plan" and seperated by geogrphic region of the United States. I presnted copies of the travel plan to each student in folder to help them take ownership. During each sesion, the students would view 2-3 short website-based videos that presented the content (state bird, flower, nickname,, etc) with creativity, and would also engage students in identifying historical/geogrphic lanndmarks, colleges/univeristies, professional sports teams, famous indiividuals,, etc associated with each state.Students were highly engaged in identifying the answers to the quesitons in their travel guides, and in learning about the states, and in making connections about the states during American History 1 and 2 from this past year.I've attached copies of the website list I used (Homeschool Pop was great for presenting state information), U.S. Maps, and a lsit of videos from WRAL's "Tar Heel Traveler" series that presents "oof-beat" informnation about North Carolina culture, hsitory, individuals, etc.
In this lesson, students will examine perspectives for and against the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, investigate the historical background of the embargo, develop a position on the embargo, and articulate viewpoints in a public forum.
In this Teaching with the News lesson, students analyze photographs of the 2014 protests in Hong Kong an explore the symbols and messages that protesters use to express their views.
This resource discusses how different immigrant groups create social organizations and communities in different nations and how they take care of their own people and become part of the larger community.
A collection of videos featuring beliefs and traditions of various cultures from National Geographic.
This EDSITEment-reviewed Web site, from the University of Washington, provides a unit resource teachers can use to help their students understand Chinese history, culture and society.
In this article, the author investigatesthe changes in Chinese food production with the expansion of frozen foods and the impact this has on their culture, the environment, and food production.
In this lesson, students will learn about the environmental, economic, and political issues surrounding global climate change policy.
In this video investigative journalist Will Potter explains his journey into a world in which peaceful protest is branded as terrorim. He discusses how he went to help a local group campaigning against animal testing and was arrested for nonviolent protesting.
This educator's guide contains educational materials and proven lesson plans to raise awareness and inspire young people with the importance of human rights in their lives by introducing, defining, and explaining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This is an encyclopedia entry for "biosphere." The biosphere is made up of the parts of Earth where life exists. The biosphere extends from the deepest root systems of trees, to the dark environment of ocean trenches, to lush rain forests and high mountaintops. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.