Making Global Connections in the Middle School: Lessons on the Environment, Development & Equity

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Phone: 908-964-1114

Email: gljeff@verizon.net

Street Address: 1018 Stuyvesant Avenue
Union, New Jersey 07083

Last Updated: 08-05-2006

Compendium Resource

Reviewer Comments

General Content
Good information, but not enough.

"Supplementary material for social science."

"The premise of the document, equity and the environment, are sound."

"Good historical information on the Industrial Revolution."

"I liked the values activities—could use some of them in middle school."

Pedagogy
"All paper and pencil activities—no hands-on or discovery."

"Too difficult for middle school."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: Global Learning, Inc.

Description: Making Global Connections in the Middle School: Lessons on the Environment, Development & Equity (1994, 87 p.) focuses on the global concept of sustainable development. Eleven lessons examine the connection between the environment (resources and biosphere), development (economic, political, social, geographic and cultural factors), and equity (social justice and fulfillment of basic needs). Handouts and classroom activities explore the meaning of sustainable development and present historical case studies as a way to illustrate the connection between sustainable development and these "development" factors. Blackline masters, sample questions, definitions and examples of these factors are provided.

Web Address: http://www.globallearningnj.org/

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 6, 7, 8

Cost: $12 for curriculum

EE Focus: Cultural Awareness, Economics, Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Science, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

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