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Living through a drought

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A lesson plan for grade 7 Science and Social Studies

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn to recognize drought, where drought can occur, and how drought affects the people who live in those places. Activities in this lesson engage students in discussion of the climate of Afghanistan, development of map-reading skills, and whole class discussion.

Students will:

  • look at a drought map of Afghanistan and discuss the causes of drought;
  • compare a drought map with a political map; and
  • discuss the impacts of drought on people.

Xpeditions provides detailed directions for completing the lesson, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, and links to helpful web resources from multiple sites.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grade 7

  • Goal 3: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of the atmosphere.
    • Objective 3.06: Assess the use of technology in studying atmospheric phenomena and weather hazards:
      • Satellites.
      • Weather maps.
      • Predicting.
      • Recording.
      • Communicating information about conditions.

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 7

  • Goal 1: The learner will use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts.
    • Objective 1.01: Create maps, charts, graphs, databases, and models as tools to illustrate information about different people, places and regions in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
    • Objective 1.02: Generate, interpret, and manipulate information from tools such as maps, globes, charts, graphs, databases, and models to pose and answer questions about space and place, environment and society, and spatial dynamics and connections.
    • Objective 1.03: Use tools such as maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, models, and artifacts to compare data on different countries of Africa, Asia, and Australia and to identify patterns as well as similarities and differences.