LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 7

The learner will build an understanding of environmental decision making.

Objective 7.01
Analyze economic forces affecting societies.
  • Supply demand curves.
  • Cost benefit analysis.
  • Marginal, internal and external costs.
  • Communal property resources, Tragedy of the Commons.
  • Economic resource categories.
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Objective 7.02
Analyze cultural and ethical considerations regarding the environment.
  • Environmental worldviews.
  • Indigenous peoples.
  • Sustainable development.
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Objective 7.03
Recognize significance of major environmental laws and regulations: regional, national and international.
  • Clean Air Act.
  • Clean Water Act.
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
  • Endangered Species Act.
  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Control Act.
  • Kyoto Protocol.
  • Lacey Act.
  • Mining Act.
  • Montreal Protocol.
  • National Environmental Policy Act.
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
  • Wilderness Act.
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Objective 7.04
Develop an awareness of environmental options.
  • Conservation.
  • Preservation.
  • Restoration.
  • Remediation.
  • Mitigation.
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