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Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live

All communities – urban, suburban, small town, rural – are experiencing growth and change, which has an impact on each community's environment.

PLT's new module, Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live, provides educators with a useful tool for place-based education to help create a bond between young citizens and their communities. Students will explore current and future community environmental issues, enabling them to make informed decisions about those issues.

“'Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live' was great. It provided me with lots of hands-on, practical activities that I can implement in my classroom.” - Vermont High School Teacher at the 2007 Promise of Place Conference in Fairlee, VT

Here's what's inside:

  • Introduction
  • Background Information
  • Student Activities (Click on each for the activity's overview, student pages, and resources)
        1. Personal Places
        2. Community Character
        3. Mapping Your Community Through Time
        4. Neighborhood Design
        5. Green Space
        6. A Vision for the Future
        7. Far-Reaching Decisions
        8. Regional Community Issues: The Ogallala Aquifer
  • Appendices
        1. Appendix A: Glossary
        2. Appendix B: Bibliography
        3. Appendix C: Maps, Data, and Where to Find Information for Your Community
        4. Appendix D: Concepts and Legislation
        5. Appendix E: What Makes Up an Environmental Issue?
        6. Appendix F: Teaching Controversial Issues
        7. Appendix G: Successful Cooperative Learning
        8. Appendix H: Correlation to National Science Education Standards
        9. Appendix I: Correlation to Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
       10. Appendix J: PLT Conceptual Framework

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