Tuesday, July 13, 2021, World History: Day 18

 First Hour Meeting 

Chernobyl

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.3, 10.11
Objectives: SWBAT

• Understand how the population growth can lead to environmental and political problems.
• Understand that population growth, environmental problems, and global economy present challenges for less developed nations.
• Analyze how the global economy has developed and how advances in global communication contribute to it.

Reading 20 minutes: The Environmental Crisis

1. What would Rachel Carson say about the current state of the environment and environmental awareness in the United States?

Video 20 minutes:

• Population Growth 

1. Should Overpopulation be feared? What should we do about it?

Vocabulary 20 minutes:

1. Ecology
2. Rachel Carson
3. deforestation
4. ozone layer
5. greenhouse effect
6. acid rain
7. Chernobyl 
8. Kyoto Protocol 
9. World Trade Organization

Independent Work 

Analyzing 20 minutes: Chernobyl

1. Read through the document.
2. Compare and Contrast the differences between Chernobyl and Fukushima

Critical Thinking 15 minutes: How has Technology made the world seem smaller?
Map 15 minutes: Asia Map
Video 20 minutes: http://io9.com/this-animated-data-visualization-of-world-war-ii-fatali-1709065880
Research 25 minutes: United Nations

1. Why was the United Nations created?
2. What does it do? 
3. Who is included in the United Nations?
4. Do you think the United Nations is effective?

Reading 20 minutes: Analyze and summarize each point of the Declaration of Human Rights  

Last Hour Meeting 

Groups 25 minutes: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and WHY

1. UNESCO
2. WHO
3. UNICEF
4. IMF
5. NGOs

Questions 10 minutes:

• Please define terrorism. 
• What are some reasons for terrorism? 
• What are terrorist organizations goals? 

Last Hour Work 

Research 20 minutes: Using the link please describe al-Qaeda  role in world terrorism.
Timeline 20 minutes: Using the timeline, pick a terrorist attack against the United States occurring after 2000 and find an article related to it. Read it and analyze the impact of the attack.
Closing 5 minutes