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- 5th - 8th
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Students investigate the uncontrolled development of the world's major cities. They define key vocabulary terms, view and discuss video excerpts, and complete a project that involves drawing a "perfect city," developing a plan to improve their own city or town, or conducting research on the development of their own community. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students investigate the values of America as seen through the communities in which they live. They shall create ideal plans for a community that is imaginary and yet meets the ideals of the American culture. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students explore how technology can be used to monitor the environment in urban areas. For example, a sustainable community meets its present needs without sacrificing the ability of others, now and in the future, to meet their own needs. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore Urbanization and urban politics in 19th Century America through guided reading activity on their laptops. They download necessary files online, research background information, and make historical inferences. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study Urbanization and urban politics through a guided reading activity on their laptops in this short lesson written for the high school Social Studies classroom. This lesson uses word processing programs and laptop computers to aid in classroom instruction. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a simulation in which they discover the hardships socioeconomic and environmental planning. Using the student manual, they try to improve the quality of their lives without destroying the environment. They role-play the role of different players involved in this process. They discuss the results of the game once it is finished. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students explore the Mayan culture. They examine the building plan of a Mayan city and they describe the significance of the building plan for Mayan cities. Students play the role of various citizens in the Mayan cities. Full Review »
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- 12th
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This Internet-based learning activity challenges the student to find sources online and elsewhere that describe real-world population dilemmas. Student activities include: Creating a working glossary, discussion of population problems. researching hometown population, simulation, writing activity, multimedia presentation, urban planning. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the following terms and their definitions: zero population growth, population density, demographics, urban sprawl, census, immigration, migration, infrastructure, population booms, megacities, birthrate, death rate, fertility rate (FR), growth rate, natural increase, and net increase. They start a glossary, which they add to and use as a reference. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss urban planning. They analyze city structure and demographics and develop the plan for an ideal, self-sufficient village. Students develop their skills in ceramics. They create slab structures out of clay. Students use acrylic paint. Full Review »