Going Places, Making Choices

Contact Information

Phone: 301-961-2800

Email: info@fourhcouncil.edu

Street Address: 7100 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815

Last Updated: 11-21-2004

Compendium Resource

Reviewer Comments

Presentation
"Good graphics."

"Interesting newspaper style articles."

Pedagogy
Books are arranged in sequential order.

"Student action component is in book five."

Teacher Usability
"Easy to understand."

"A good supplement on environmental stewardship."

"Far too simplistic for the high school level."

Focus on Communities
"Really delineates human interactions over time in a few specific environmental areas (air pollution, natural resources, energy, and land use)."

"Very strong on human interactions."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: National 4-H Council

Description: A collection of six booklets and educator's guide, Going Places, Making Choices (1998) is a grade 9 —12 curriculum focused on transportation and the environment. Activities are designed to help secondary level students understand and respond to transportation issues and its affect on land use, global climate, world economics, industry, air pollution, and culture. Unit 1, Cruise through History (22 p.), Unit 2, Natural Resources and Energy Use (24 p), Unit 3, Sweating over Climate Change (28 p.), Unit 4, Land Use, (24 p.), and Unit 5, A Matter of Choice (24 p.) each offers background information and points of interest relative to a teenager's perspective, and series of activities designed to explore the issue and generate solutions. Assessment tools, student handouts, extended learning opportunities, and additional curriculum resources are also provided.

Web Address: http://www.4hbookstore.org

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 9, 10, 11, 12

Cost: No charge to educators and available for downloading at www.4hgpmc.com

EE Focus: Air, Climate Change, Cultural Awareness, Economics, Energy, Land Use, Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Pollution Prevention, Technology & Society, Transportation

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Science, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

Overall Grade
General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

B+
A-
B+
B+
B+
B+

Discipline Emphasis

Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
Foreign Language