Subject: Social Science 
                  Topic: Environment 
                  Grade Level: 11
                  Student Lesson URL: http://www.quiknet.com/~mathman/csus/Students/Project/Background_Information/background_information.htm

Standards Addressed 
          This  lesson addresses the HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE STANDARDS.

8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.

1.Trace patterns of agricultural and industrial development as they relate to climate, use of natural resources, markets, and trade and locate such development on a map. 

11.11 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society.

5.Trace the impact of, need for, and controversies associated with environmental conservation, expansion of the national park system, and the development of environmental protection laws, with particular attention to the interaction between environmental protection advocates and property rights advocates. 
 

Students realize the potential impact of industrialized activities on the global environment.
Students understand the relationship and interaction between economic activities and environmental systems.

Introductory Activity
Students read through a series of introductory pages that introduce global warming, what it is, how it affects the environment, and some possible consequences to the global community.
 

Enabling Activity
Students carry out small lessons in each of their core curricular areas that examine different facets of global warming.

Math Activities: 

Interpreting Graphs
Analyzing Data
 The Greenhouse Effect
 The Family

Science Activities:

Solar Energy
Green Plants
Carbon in Rocks

Social Science Activities

Conservation
Debate

Language Arts

Political Action
Alphabet
Interpretation
 

Culminating Activity
Once students have learned about global warming from a variety of perspectives, 
they create a multi-media presentation that: 

Identifies the Problem 
Identifies the Causes 
Identifies the Possible Consequences 

 and then... 

Synthesizing all the different elements studied, they develop a plan to alleviate the problem. 

They must consider the environmental, economic, political, and social aspects 
of the problem in their plan. 

Introductory Activity
A brief introduction to global warming
 

Enabling Activity
A series of activities in the core curricular areas that introduce and examine many elements of global warming.
 

Culminating Activity
Students create a multiedia presentation that shows their potential solution to the global warming problem.
This excersise depends on the Jurisprudential Model of teaching.