Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Global Water Crisis Awareness

This lesson was created by Krista Elmquist (Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto School District) for seventh grade students. As a result of this lesson plan, students will develop awareness of global water crisis and explore major water, health, and sanitation issues.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Mathematics

Computers/Technology

Theme

Environmental

Population

Economic

Cultural/Social

Region

Latin America

Africa

India

Bangladesh

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

5. That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity

6. How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface

8. The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

14. How human actions modify the physical environment

15. How physical systems affect human systems

16. The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations

GE 4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans