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LESSON 7: Facing Challenges of Urbanization

SUPPORTING QUESTION

What can cities do to make urbanization more successful?

FOCUS SKILL(S)

Contextualization

Causation

Quantitative Analysis

MATERIALS

TEACHER

Do Firsts + Exemplars

Facing Challenges of Urbanization Student Worksheet + Exemplars

Exit Tickets + Exemplars

STUDENT

Do First Options

Access to Inquiry Journal (Already handed out in Lesson 1)

Printed Student Handouts

DO FIRST

Option 1- Frayer: “Megacity”

Option 2- Give it a Name

TEACHER ACTIONS

1. Select “Do First” option
2. Play “Song of the Unit” or alternative
3. Provide students with visual, online, or print access to “Do First”

STUDENT ACTIONS

1. Complete “Do First” either online or by hand

ACTIVITY 1 - LAUNCH

Provide students time to preview the supporting questions for Topic 3 in their Unit 5 Inquiry Journals.

TEACHER ACTIONS

1. Hand out the Unit 5 Inquiry Journal
2. Guide students through Unit 5 - Topic 3: Supporting Questions

STUDENT ACTIONS

1. Fill out the “K” and “W” for each of the supporting questions for Unit 5 - Topic 3: Managing Urbanization

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LESSON 7: Facing Challenges of Urbanization - Continued

ACTIVITY 2 - PRACTICE

Students will explore urbanization in Asia by viewing a video about the rapid growth of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Allow students to read the guiding questions before beginning the video. Once students have had time to answer questions from the video, discuss answers as a class to ensure understanding.

TEACHER ACTIONS

1. Hand out student worksheet
2. Preview questions students need to answer
3. Play video, pausing to allow answering of questions
4. Facilitate class discussion over answers

STUDENT ACTIONS

1. Watch video about Bangladesh
2. Answer guiding questions
3. Participate in class discussion about answers and add to responses

ACTIVITY 3 - EXHIBIT

Students will explore the systems that affect cities in Africa through an excerpt from a United Nations report. As students explore the proposed initiatives to increase the urban standard of living in Africa, they will summarize each paragraph of the excerpt with the “Say-it-in-Six” exercise.

TEACHER ACTIONS

1. Direct students to page 4
2. Introduce excerpt and activity
3. Place students in small groups
4. Monitor and provide assistance as students work

STUDENT ACTIONS

1. Listen to introduction of excerpt and activity
2. Work with group to summarize each portion of the excerpt into six words

CONCLUSION

Students will complete an “Exit Ticket” in which they reflect on their learnings from the day by completing a Quantitative Analysis activity.

TEACHER ACTIONS

• Hand out Exit Ticket and provide instructions for quantitative analysis

STUDENT ACTIONS

• Analyze the data and answer the four prompts

STANDARD(S)

6.15 Analyze cultural, political and economic forces that impact urbanization in at least one city in Africa, and evaluate the impact of these forces on the structure of that city.

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6.25 Analyze cultural, political, and economic forces that affect urbanization in at least one city in Asia, and evaluate the impact of these forces on the structure of that city.