Conflict in the Syrian Civil War

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Description: This lesson examines the Syrian Civil War and examines the complexities of international actors intervening in the conflict, or choosing to avoid intervention. Using geographic terminology, the lesson provides background and examples of terms in action. This support Oklahoma standard 2.4, focusing on conflict and cooperation in the Eastern hemisphere with a case study.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL             Produced By: Darren Purcell

Russia's Arctic

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Description: Learn about Russia's Arctic through planning a trip to visit.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL             Produced By: Ann Kennedy

Subsistence Agriculture

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Description: Students often do not know about the tools and technologies used to produce food, they think its just made in a factory and shipped to a grocery store. This lesson will introduce the students to agriculture in less developed countries. Students will learn how people in various parts of Asia (and the world) modify the natural environment to meet food needs.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL             Produced By: Jane Purcell

What's Up With the Yangtze River?

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Description: Students will discover the benefits as well as the disadvantages of building the largest hydroelectric power station in the world at Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL, CC       Produced By: Glenda Sullivan

The Great Wall of China

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Description: Students will discover when the Great Wall of China was first built; when it was built as it exists today; who the laborers were who built the Wall; what materials were used to build it; why the Wall was built; problems encountered in maintaining the Wall even today; and new evidence as to the entire length of the Great Wall.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL, CC       Produced By: Glenda Sullivan

Oil, Religion and the Global Landscape

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Description: The Middle East produces about a third of the world’s oil which makes the entire world reliant on that oil and natural gas. The goal of this lesson is to use map skills to gain an understanding of the effects of abundant oil supplies in the Middle East. Using maps, students will analyze data from a geographic perspective. They will increase their understanding of conflict and cooperation among specific groups over oil and religious differences. They will also identify multinational peace-keeping efforts to stabilize relationships in the Middle East.

 Grade level(s): Middle                   Standards: OAS, GFL             Produced By: Teresa Potter

The Impact of Economic Development on Russia's Arctic Regions: Opportunities and Challenges

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Description: Through exploration and analysis of primary and secondary sources of visual information, and printed and digital texts, students will discover and be able to summarize why the changing Arctic has become an important economic region for development, the opportunities and challenges that face Russia, as well as her neighboring countries in the Arctic, and how what happens in the Russian Arctic affects the rest of the global community.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL             Produced By: Lynn Tilley

The Impact of Monsoons and Cyclones in South Asia

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Description: Monsoons, together with cyclones, have a great impact on the agriculture and lives of people in this region, especially in India and Pakistan. The purpose of this lesson is for students to understand the interactions and influences of monsoons and cyclones on the people of South Asia, and how physical systems, being both life-giving and destructive, can produce resilience in people of the regional areas.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL             Produced By: Lynn Tilley

Major Cities Spanning Europe and Asia

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Description: Students will learn the location of several major European and Asian cities as well as discovering important physical and cultural characteristics of these various cities.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL, CC       Produced By: Glenda Sullivan

Unsolved Mysteries: What Happened to the Orangutan?

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Description: The goal of this lesson is for students to be able to use reading and investigation skills to make inferences about what has happened to the orangutan. By identifying the plight of the orangutan and the contemporary issues facing Indonesia, students will discover how human activities have modified the environment, resulting in deforestation in Indonesia.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: OAS, GFL             Produced By: Teresa Potter

The Aral Sea: An Unnatural Disaster

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Description: Students will understand that water diverted for irrigation or other purposes can have a direct impact on the environment, including environments that cross international boundaries.

 Grade level(s): Middle                         Standards: OAS, GFL, CC       Produced By: Janet Hall

Jerusalem: A Center of Peace or Conflict

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Description: Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, is considered a holy city by three religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For centuries it has also been a spiritual center. Just like the dove, it is associated with peace and its name is even thought to be derived from the phrase “of peace.” Students will identify Jerusalem’s religious significance to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They will also learn about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and explore what it is like for people on both sides of the conflict.

 Grade level(s): Middle and High School   Standards: OAS, GFL             Produced By: Teresa Potter

The Dividing Line of Asia and Europe: The Ural Mountains

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Description: Students will discover the physical boundary between Asia and Europe: the Ural Mountains. They locate the Urals and analyze the differences and similarities among the five regions in the mountain system. Students will determine the reasons for movement among humans in the regions as well.

 Grade level(s): Middle                             Standards: OAS, GFL                   Produced By: Denise Aguilar

China's One-Child Policy: Impact on Population Growth and Culture

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Description: The purpose of this lesson is to acquaint students with the one-child policy of China and assist them in understanding how this has had an impact on the population growth and culture of China.

  Grade level(s): Middle                        Standards: OAS, GFL            Produced By: Susan Smith

Coal- China's Abundant Energy Resource: Economic Blessing or Plight?

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Description: Coal has played a very important role in China’s rapid development, providing jobs, opportunities, and better standards of living for growing numbers of China’s people. However, as with all change and progress, there are both positive and negative repercussions.  The purpose of this activity is to help students understand and relate China’s coal mining and usage to the impact it has had on the environment, people, and economy of the country.

 Grade level(s): Middle                         Standards: OAS, GFL, CC         Produced By: Lynn Tilley

Double Cropping as a Means to Supply Food in East Asia

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Description: The purpose of this lesson is to show students why double cropping will increase crop production on a limited amount of land.

 Grade level(s): Middle                       Standards: OAS, GFL, CC         Produced By: Susan Smith

The Ever Disappearing Aral Sea: Understanding the Reasons for the Continuous Decline

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Description: Students will develop an understanding of the importance of water to the survival of people and places. They will examine the ways human actions can impact places environmentally as well as economically. They will determine the specific causes regarding the shrinking Aral Sea in Central Asia and discuss possible ways to reverse this problem.

 Grade level(s): Middle                             Standards: OAS, GFL, CC                   Produced By: Denise Aguilar

Terraced Farming in East Asia

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Description: The purpose of this activity is to provide students information on how terraced farming in East Asia provides solutions to their food needs.

 Grade level(s): Middle                         Standards: OAS, GFL, CC       Produced By: Susan Smith

China's Three Gorges Dam: Cause for Celebration or Controversy?

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Description: The purpose of this activity is to help students understand why China built the Three Gorges Dam, the controversies that arose, and the impact the construction of the dam had on the environment and people. This lesson provides an opportunity for students to understand how progress and change can have both positive and negative consequences.

Grade level(s): Middle                        Standards: OAS, CC                Produced By: Lynn Tilley

The Vanishing Rainforests of Indonesia: An Examination of Indonesia's Life Changing Problem

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Description: Students will discover the reasons for deforestation. They will compare and contrast the effects of this process by looking at the good and the bad. They will locate areas in the world affected by deforestation and examine more specifically the affect this process is having on Indonesia and what the population is doing to remedy the situation.

Grade level(s): Middle                            Standards: OAS, GFL                  Produced By: Denise Aguilar