In this lesson, students explore the issues of urban and suburban sprawl.
Students then work in small groups to create their own planned communities.
In this lesson, students examine important scientific advancements and discoveries of the twentieth century by working in teams to create chapters for a class book on this topic. In this two-day lesson, students evaluate opposing sides to the debate regarding whether or not there is a future for scientific discovery. Students will analyze excerpts from the debate between John Horgan and John Maddox for both an understanding of the articles' content and an evaluation of different methods of persuasion. Students then assess quotations from the articles and write final reflections about their views about science's future. Students research what they feel are significant 20th century inventions and create illustrated timelines of the evolution of those inventions.