Next week students will examine the environmental and economic concerns in modern Latin America and the Caribbean. The theme of human environmental interactions will guide students' understanding as they study individual behaviors affect Latin America and the Caribbean today. Students will explain how the location and availability of resources affect where people in Latin America and the Caribbean live and how the unequal distribution of resources impacts trade in the region.
Standards/Elements:
SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America. a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela.
Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions:
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: The student will understand that humans, their society, and the environment affect each other.
How does the physical geography of Latin America and the Caribbean affect where people live?
What is the impact of development and trade on the environment? (air pollution in Mexico City destruction of rain forests in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela)
How has the physical geography and distribution of resources influenced how people have lived in Latin America?
How has the distribution of natural resources affected the economies of the Caribbean?
Resourcers:
Geography Games:
South and Central America Tutorial. Level 1
Tutorial Level 1
South and Central America Tutorial. Level 2.
Tutorial Level 2
The Caribbean Tutorial: Learn about the islands. Level 1.
Tutorial Level 1
The Caribbean Tutorial, Level 2:
Tutorial Level 2
Homework/Classwork chapter_2_ss6g2_enviornmental_issues_in_latin_america.pdfFile Size: 414 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File.
chapter_3_ss6g3_location_climate_population_natural_resources_of_latin_america_and_caribbean.pdfFile Size: 823 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File
SS6G2 a SS6G3 a, b Sheets
crct_package_for_latin_america.pdfFile Size: 632 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File
Standards/Elements:
SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America. a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela.
Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions:
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: The student will understand that humans, their society, and the environment affect each other.
How does the physical geography of Latin America and the Caribbean affect where people live?
What is the impact of development and trade on the environment? (air pollution in Mexico City destruction of rain forests in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela)
How has the physical geography and distribution of resources influenced how people have lived in Latin America?
How has the distribution of natural resources affected the economies of the Caribbean?
Resourcers:
Geography Games:
South and Central America Tutorial. Level 1
Tutorial Level 1
South and Central America Tutorial. Level 2.
Tutorial Level 2
The Caribbean Tutorial: Learn about the islands. Level 1.
Tutorial Level 1
The Caribbean Tutorial, Level 2:
Tutorial Level 2
Homework/Classwork chapter_2_ss6g2_enviornmental_issues_in_latin_america.pdfFile Size: 414 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File.
chapter_3_ss6g3_location_climate_population_natural_resources_of_latin_america_and_caribbean.pdfFile Size: 823 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File
SS6G2 a SS6G3 a, b Sheets
crct_package_for_latin_america.pdfFile Size: 632 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File