Desertification: Cause and Effect

GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will become familiar with the causes and effects of desertification, through a variety of modalities including: taking vocabulary notes, reading an environmental article, completing cause and effect graphic organizers and writing an expository essay.
Author: 
Barbara Stout
Grade Range: 
6-High School
Duration: 
4-5 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconReading on Desertification for Middle School Students
application/pdf iconReading on Desertification for High School Students
application/pdf iconAfrican Regions map
application/pdf iconAfrican Regions map (with place names)
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconStudent Example
video/mpeg iconDifferent Biomes in Africa movie
video/mpeg iconDrying Up of Lake Chad (1963-1997) movie
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions with ELL Adapatations
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets and Assessments for ELL Lesson
application/pdf iconVocabulary Cards
Related Links: 
Audio-Visual Presentation of this Lesson
Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
2: Places and Regions
3: Physical Systems
5: Environment and Society
National Geography Standards: 
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface
15: How physical systems affect human systems