1. Welcome Back! Make it a Great Day! Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
*Good Things*
Opening Warm-up: List as many forms of renewable energy as you can. Why do you think the world doesn’t use more of these?
Work Session:
Finish Partner Lesson 24 – Oil in SW Asia: How “Black Gold” Has Shaped a Region
24.4 – Oil Wealth and People’s Well-Begin – pgs – with your partner
24.5 – The Price and Flow of Oil – pgs – with your partner
24.6 – Beginning to Think Globally – pg. 365 & 24.7 – Global Connections – pgs – whole class
Begin Partner Lesson 26 – The Aral Sea: Central Asia’s Shrinking Water Source
Preview, 26.1 – Introduction – pg. 379 & 26.2 – The Geographic Setting – pg. 380 – whole class
GeoTerms – pg. 381 – individually
26.3 – The Shrinking Sea & Farming – pg. 382 – whole class example
Essential Question(s): How might having a valuable natural resource like oil affect a region? How are humans affected by changes they make to their physical environment? SSWG 3b 6e 5b
Closing Cool-down: How has the shrinking of the Aral Sea caused water stress in Central Asia?
Materials you will need:
Writing Utensil & Geography Notebook
Partner Lesson 24 – Oil in SW Asia: How “Black Gold” Has Shaped a Region
Lesson 24 Data Pack
Partner Lesson 26 – The Aral Sea: Central Asia’s Shrinking Water Source
Textbook – pgs &