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Grade 6 4-3, 4-4

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Oklahoma Academic Standard 4. The student will analyze the interactions of humans and their environment in the Western Hemisphere.

Objectives: 

6.4.3  Analyze the impact of climate and natural disasters on human populations, including forced migration, scarcity of consumer goods, economic activities, and loss of life.

6.4.4  Analyze environmental challenges of each region. 

In a Nutshell

Each location on the Earth experiences unique environmental events and challenges which have a deep imprint on the resources, conflicts, and development of a place. Likewise, existing development status can determine the magnitude of economic and personal loss following a natural disaster. The analysis of such relationships helps students draw deeper conclusions about the impact of natural processes on a given region. It is important for students to maintain focus on the immediate and long-term effects of natural disaster, including human responses, rather than analyze the scientific causes for such natural processes. 

Teacher Action 

Student Action 

  • Aid students in the process of distinguishing multiple causation, immediate and long-term cause-effect relationships of natural disasters.

  • Provide guidance in distinguishing between long-term causes and triggering events as they relate to environmental and development issues. 

  • Explain the influences of multiple environmental factors on communities of the Western Hemisphere, which provide both opportunities and limitations on human development.

  • Explain how collective decisions can affect the physical environment on a local and larger scale.

  • Create presentations using multi-model content to refine and share knowledge related to environmental concepts. 

Key Concepts 

Misconceptions 

  • impact on human populations of natural events prevalent in the Western Hemisphere, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions

  • impact including human injury and casualties, internal displacement, food shortages, clean water shortages, destruction of property and housing, loss of employment and income, scarcity of needed goods, challenge of cleanup and rebuilding

  • impact of infrastructure to respond to disasters, role of international organizations and governmental response, preparation efforts

  • Students may have prior knowledge related to climate change as one possible explanation for changes in climate patterns and the occurrence of certain natural disasters; however, the content standard does not call for an analysis of the validity of climate change, but rather the ways humans respond to changing conditions in our environment.

Instructional Resources

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