7.G.1.1

7.G.1.1 Explain how environmental conditions and human response to those conditions influence modern societies and regions (e.g. natural barriers, scarcity of resources and factors that influence settlement). || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Literacy Standard(s)**=== || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Learning Target/Task Analysis**=== Physical features of a place may influence the settlement patterns of modern societies and regions. Human response to environmental conditions may have unintended consequences. For example:
 * ===Clarifying Objective===
 * ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Information Technology Standard**=== || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Revised Bloom's Level of thinking**=== ||
 * The student will understand:

The response to the need of oil in the United States prompted drilling off the Gulf of Mexico and eventually led to the Gulf oil spill.

The student will know: Environmental condition is the state of the environment of a place at a particular time such as: pollution, erosion, deforestation, depopulation, climate, glaciation, desertification, etc. Ways in which humans may respond to environmental conditions such as: building dams, planting trees, creating policies and laws to deal with the issue of pollution, redeveloping and area in order to encourage repopulation, etc. Natural barriers aid and deter societal development. For example:

The Three Gorges dam along the Yangtze River was created to help alleviate flooding along the river, but has generated a variety of additional challenges. In order to create this engineering feat, communities were uprooted and moved and cultural/historical artifacts were lost.

Other examples include:

Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina, the building of the Panama Canal ||

**I can explain the influence of physical features on population patterns (ie, mountains)**

 * I can discuss the pros and cons of the Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze River in China**
 * I can give examples of ecotourism around the world and its importance to the country’s economy.**

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Essential Vocabulary**
Society, Region, Environmental Conditions, Demographic Trends, Conflict, Negotiation, Compromise, Human-Environment Interaction

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Sample Assessments**
Oral debate of for the dam and against the dam (pros and cons) Write a letter to the government asking ?s you'd like answered Create a persuasive ad campaign Write a supporting decision brief post debate: Considering China’s Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze river, write a persuasive essay discussing the pros and cons, supporting your recommendation Create an advertising brochure about country’s ecotourism

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Differentiation**
Cooperative LearningJigsaw of careers effected by the dam: Choice Board/Rubric: With partner, select country and how will share back to the class the value of ecotourism Cooperative Learning Jigsaw of country ecotourism examples Direct Instruction mini-lesson Peer teaching Multiple texts (the River by Gary Paulsen) Group reading selections by level

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Instructional Resources**=== Natural Resources Ch.3. sect4 Mountains text p.54 Discovery education: Career start LP-Modern China the dam debate Career Start LP-Ecotourism in Nepal:
 * Three Gorges Dam
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