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Patterns of Agricultural and Rural Land Use
A unit outline, objectives, and related lessons. This lesson was written at an AP Institute.
Rural Land Use Model Lesson
This lesson was written at an AP Institute.
External Site Lessons
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Biomes of the World
This module presents basic content on the distribution and nature of the world's major biomes. It was created by Susan L. Woodward, The Virtual Geography Department Project and the Department of Geography, Radford University. The abstract states: "It considers the structure, characteristic growth forms, and taxonomic affiliations of the vegetation; major soil order(s); and common adaptive characteristics of the fauna of the tundra, boreal forest, temperate broadleaf deciduous forest, tropical broadleaf evergreen forest, tropical savanna, temperate grasslands, desert scrub, and Mediterranean shrub biomes. Study hints and critical thinking questions follow the content units." Go to the Recent Modules menu of The Virtual Geography Department to see other modules
Deforestation: A Downward Spiral (Honduras)
This is a fairly short lesson, with a map and charts, developed by the Peace Corps and presented via World Wise Schools.
Deforestation: Paraguay
More than 12 million acres of Paraguay's forests have been cleared, and some people estimate that within only a few years the country will lose all of its forests. This is a fairly short lesson, with a map and charts, developed by the Peace Corps and presented via World Wise Schools.
Deforestation: What's All the Fuss About Land Use? (Honduras)
This is a fairly short lesson, with a map and charts, developed by the Peace Corps, based on an article that is included.
Desertification
This lesson from the New Hampshire Alliance is intended for middle school students. Goals are: analyze the causes and effects of desertification in the Sahel and write a conversation between two people who will describe one or more solutions to the problem of desertification.
Earth on Fire
Are our industrial and agricultural practices changing Earth's climate? You'll examine humankind's impact on the global environment as well as Earth's past in an attempt to answer this important question.
Ecosystems Aren't a Game
This lesson from the New Hampshire Alliance, was intended for high school, and is meant to be more of a near-end unit. The objectives of the lesson are: define an ecosystem, describe the characteristics of an ecosystem, describe how the ecosystems work, identify the importance of ecosystems in environmental issues.
Ecosystems: Dew Drops to Earth
This lesson from the New Hampshire Alliance was intended for high school. Goals are: define an ecosystem, describe the characteristics of an ecosystem, evaluate the biodiversity of an ecosystem, and identify any geographical issues peculiar to an ecosystem.
Asian Staple Food Map of the Fifteenth Century
This map is on the Ask Asia site. Select the link at the bottom of the page for a lesson on rice.
Global Change: Introduction to Biogeography and the Human Dimensions of Global Change
This is a learning module about global change and biodiversity. This module was created by by Dwight Brown, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota. Web version by Jennifer Goett and Tony Kirvan, University of Texas at Austin. In the words of the module creators: "This first unit tries to explain why geographers are interested in processes occurring in the biosphere. What are they looking at when they speak of the 'human dimensions of global change'? And in what ways do the biospheric studies overlap with, or contribute to, the study of the human dimensions of global change? The answers to these three questions will provide the framework for this module."
Hog Watch!
While this site has many agricultural-geography aspects of interest to geographers, exercise caution. Take into account that the purpose of the site is to activate citizens to reduce the number of hog farms in North Carolina.
Temperate Rain Forest
Policy debate continues over use of temperate rainforests in the Pacific Northwest. This site provides concise information on a variety of aspects related to the Pacific Rainforest.
UV Menace
Learn about stratospheric ozone depletion and its effects. You and your team will determine what future measures will be needed to correct the situation.
World Resources Institute
Lesson plans, graphs, maps, data, and links on current environmental topics such as biological diversity, climate change, deforestation, and urban environmental issues.
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