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Spatial
Organization: Economics
Benchmark
1: Students will describe and provide examples of the primary
factors behind the regional pattern of economic activity
in the United States
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Regional
Economic Activities in the U.S.A.
Grades
9-12
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Regional
Economics in the USA
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In
this lesson students will create maps showing regional economics
patterns in the US and examine those patterns in comparison
to regional resources and infrastructure. |
Kathryn
Hartman |
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Spatial
Organization: Economics
Benchmark
4: Students will understand how the transportation and communication
systems have impacted the development of regions.
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Transportation
and Communication Systems
Grades
9-12
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The
Amazing Race -Africa
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Students
will develop an itinerary for travel through Africa (excluding
air travel) while gathering information about various cities
in the regions of Africa.
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Kathryn
Hartman
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Spatial
Organization: Economics
Benchmark
6: Students will describe patterns of consumption and production
of fossil fuels that are traded among nations.
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World
Oil Production and Consumption
Grades
9-12
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Dude,
Wassup with da Crude?
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Students
will focus on the global commodity of oil. They will locate
where the commodity is found/produced and where the commodity
is consumed and explore the relationship between the producer
and the consumer nations.
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Jeanne
Kranz
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Spatial
Organization: Economics
Benchmark
9 Students will describe changes in common statistical measures
of population or economy that occur as countries develop economically.
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Economics
and population in countries
Grades
9-12
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Economic
Effects on Population Measures |
This
lesson is designed to help students identify what population
demographics are affected as a country develops economically.
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Sue
Anderson
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Spatial
Organization: Economics
Benchmark
10 Students will cite a variety of examples of how economic
or political changes in other parts of the world can affect
their lifestyle.
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Economic
Change and Lifestyles
Grades
9-12
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How
Economic Changes Affect Lifestyles
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This
lesson is designed to help students understand how a change
in economics affects the lifestyle of the people in a country. |
Sue
Anderson
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Spatial Organization: Economics
Benchmark 10 Students will cite a variety of examples of how economic or political changes in other parts of the world can affect their lifestyle. |
Panama Canal |
Panama Canal and how it influenced the USA |
History of the Panama Canal, what it was like for workers building the canal, and why the canal is important. |
Michelle Leba |
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