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Lesson Plan 2: Environment & Development
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In this activity, students will view a film clip from China from the Inside (Episode 3: Shifting Nature), focusing on the Three Gorges Dam controversy, the gigantic hydroelectric project which is under construction on the Upper Yangtze River. By examining development in China as well as the impact of Chinese economic changes on the US (through trade, immigration, etc.), students will achieve a greater understanding of the challenges within environmental planning in the Twenty-first century.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Social Studies
World History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
PBS
Author:
Rick Ayers
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Lesson Plan: China's Disappearing Wetlands
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In this lesson, students will learn what wetlands are, where they are found, and their value to humans, animals, and the environment. As industrialization spreads and climate change intensifies, China's wetland resources continue to shrink and students will analyze the effects of industrialization on China's environment.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Earth Science
English Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
World Humanities
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Pulitzer Center on Reporting Crisis
Author:
Kate Seche and Zoe Jennings
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Mandela's Struggle in Posters
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This resource is a collection of posters showing the struggles and triumphs of the life of Nelson Mandela. These posters are from around the world and show the international effort in dealing with South Africa in the late 20th Century.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Social Studies
Sociology
Twentieth Century Civil Liberties/Rights
World History
World Humanities
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
New York Times
Author:
Sergio Pecanha, Alan McLean, and Larry Buchanan
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Mapping Marine Ecosystems
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Students investigate different marine ecosystem types, identify examples of these ecosystems and their characteristics, and locate the ecosystems on a map of the world's oceans.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
English Language Arts
Life Science
Physical Science
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Interactive
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Geographic
Author:
National Geographic Education
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Marine Food Webs
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Students investigate marine food webs and trophic levels, research one marine organism, this activity sand fit their organisms together in a class-created food web showing a balanced marine ecosystem.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Biology
Earth Science
English Language Arts
Life Science
Physical Science
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Interactive
Lesson
Provider:
National Geographic
Author:
National Geographic Education
Date Added:
02/26/2019
A Matter of Accountability
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Students will prepare and participate in a mock trial to try to assign responsibility for the consequences of climate change from the build up of CO2 emissions in the earth's atmosphere.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Earth Science
Science
Social Studies
World History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Green Education Foundation
Author:
Green Education Foundation
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Melissa Fleming: Let’s Help Refugees Thrive, Not Just Survive
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In this video Melissa Flemming of UN's refugee agency discusses Syrian refugees seeking shelter in neighboring countries. She calls on all of us to make sure that refugee camps are healing places where people can develop the skills they’ll need to rebuild their hometowns.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
TED
Author:
Melissa Flemming
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country
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In this video Michael Green explains the need for a more effective tool to measure societies compared to using Gross Domestic Product. He calls for the international community to use the Social Progress Index as it measues societies acoress dimensions that actually matter in the twenty-first century.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
World Humanities
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
TED
Author:
Michael Green
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Module 1: Introduction to Climate Justice
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This module explores the concept of climate justice, linking global climate change to local actions, and looking at who benefits and who pays the costs from burning fossil fuels.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Earth Science
Science
Social Studies
World History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Climate Justice in BC
Author:
Ryan Cho, Climate Justice Project
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Muslim Women Through Time
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In this lesson, students will learn about different Muslim women and how they have changed over time. This lesson includes the research of a specific woman from different eras in Islamic history.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
English Language Arts
Psychology
Social Studies
Sociology
World History
World Humanities
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Author:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:
02/26/2019
One Nation: Two Futures?
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This lesson, using video segments from the Wide Angle film "To Have and Have Not" (2002), can be used after a lesson on the Communist Revolution and Mao's rule. A basic knowledge of China's geography, of the tenets of Chinese Communism, and of Mao's efforts to redirect the course of China's future by means of the Cultural Revolution, is required for the successful completion of the lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Social Studies
World History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Wide Angle
Author:
Melvin Maskin
Date Added:
02/26/2019
An Overview of the European Union, Eurozone, and the European Debt Crisis, Part 1 of 2
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This lesson is a very brief introduction of the European Union, Eurozone, and the Europe Debt Crisis. Through a PowerPoint centered discussion, students are introduced to the European Union.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Social Studies
World History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Carolina K12
Author:
Carolina K12
Date Added:
05/12/2021
Pia Mancini: How to Upgrade Democracy for the Internet Era
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In this video, Pia Mancini explains how she wants to upgrade democracy in Argentina and beyond. Through her and her colleagues' open-source mobile platform, they discuss political activism in a global age.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
TED
Author:
Pia Mancini
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Protecting the Mariana Trench
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Students read about the establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument and discuss why it is important to preserve the Mariana Trench and surrounding area.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Earth Science
English Language Arts
Life Science
Physical Science
Reading Foundation Skills
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
National Geographic
Author:
National Geographic Education
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Rainer Strack: The workforce crisis of 2030—and how to start solving it now
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In this video Rainer Strack explains by 2030 many of the world's largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs. In this data-filled talk, Strack suggests that countries should look across borders for mobile and willing job seekers, and in order to do that they need to start changing the culture in their businesses.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
TED
Author:
Rainer Strack
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Remix:  Google_My_Maps
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CC BY
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Please see attached Google Doc for instructions on using Google My Maps to create digital, collaborative maps. This was remixed from a Word document. Nothing was changed except that it is now a Google Doc.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Educational Technology
Professional Development
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Date Added:
06/01/2020
See You Later Alligator
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In this lesson, students explore the historical and social significance of animals as cultural symbols in various countries around the world, as well as the impact that humans have made on the population and natural habitats of these animals.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Earth Science
English Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
World Humanities
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
New York Times
Author:
Annissa Hambouz and Javaid Khan
Date Added:
02/26/2019