Module 15: Environmental Impact- Social Studies 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to categorize media into different categories, Identify how environmental changes impact people, name ways that people can conserve and replenish Earth’s resources, and determine how they can reduce, reuse, and recycle every day to help the environment.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Learning Through Media
  1. Categorize media into different categories.
2 Impact on Me
  1. Identify how environmental changes impact people.
3 What Can We Do?
  1. Name ways that people can conserve and replenish Earth’s resources.
4 Project: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  1. Determine how they can reduce, reuse, and recycle every day to help the environment.
  2. Create a poster to demonstrate understanding.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
categorize
media
print media
broadcast
Internet
article
impact
environment
environmental changes
reduce
reuse
recycle
environmental impact
resource

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Learning Through Media 6 Media Categories Assignment
2 Impact on Me 5 Environmental Cause and Effect Assignment
3 What Can We Do? 5 Reusable Sort Assignment
4 Project: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 2 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Project

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Learning Through Media After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe what media is, the three types of media, and the importance of fact-checking.
2 Impact on Me After completing this lesson, ask your student to identify the ways the environment is changing and why it matters. Help them research ways the environment has changed where they live and the impact of that change.
3 What Can We Do? After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain ways to help the environment, and to research ways they can help the environment where they live.
4 Project: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the rubric requirements and the requirements of the project. When they have finished their project ask them to review their finished product against the rubric requirements to make sure they meet all of the requirements.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Learning Through Media
  1. What are the three categories of media?
Impact on Me
  1. What is the impact on humans of environmental changes?
What Can We Do?
  1. How can people help the environment?
Project: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  1. What are some ways that people can reduce, reuse, and recycle?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Why Should I Recycle? Jen Green
2 Eco Easton Saves the Ocean Jimmy Nielsen
3 Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day Shaunna & John Stith

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing