7th Grade World Cultures Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Sprawl

Grade Level: 7

Unit Title: Unit 2

Date: Oct 1, 2 2014

Designed by: Matt Cornwell

Time Frame: 2 Classes

Lesson Reflection:

Stage OneDesired Results

Goals

Mastery of Unit 2 Standards

Objective

Students will research Suburban Sprawl and will be able to describe it

Students will evaluate Smart Growth and will be able to justify its effectiveness.
Essential Question
VSC

How does urban sprawl affect people and the

planet?

7. 5. B.1
Analyze the growth and the development of
nations in the contemporary world
7.3.D.2. Evaluate the consequences of modifying
the natural environment as a result of pollution

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts,
graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with
other information in print and digital texts.
Students will know

ecumene, plural society, rural, urban, ecosystem,

food chain, food web, freshwater, watershed,
metropolitan area, rural fringe, suburb, urban
core, urban fringe, urban sprawl

Students will be able to

Predict the effects of Urban Sprawl in N.A.

Describe the stages of Urban growth

Justify Smart Growth

Stage TwoAssessment/Evidence

Learning Journal

Stage ThreeSequence of Learning Activities

Day One
10 minutes

Warm Up:
1. Students will be greeted at the door and will answer the following journal entry
question, How do you feel about Sprawl?
Accommodations: See Attached Matrix
Modifications: See Attached Matrix
1. Students will take notes on the introduction to Sprawl (PPT available upon request)
2. Students will begin States Review-Dry Erase Maps
3. Students will be able to play interactive Geography game on the board
4. Students will review Great Lakes

Accommodations: See Attached Matrix

Modifications: See Attached Matrix
10 minutes
Wrap Up Collection of Materials
Homework: Finish Crossword Puzzle

Day Two
10 minutes

Warm Up:
1. Students will be greeted at the door and will be prompted to answer the following warm
up question, What effect does Urban Sprawl Have on the people and the planet?
Accommodations: See Attached Matrix
Modifications: See Attached Matrix
1. Students will finish 5 on/off: Smart Growth and Urban Sprawl
2. Students will review responses
3. Exit Ticket Question: What is Smart Growth?
4. Students will review for Fridays quiz
Accommodations: See Attached Matrix
Modifications: See Attached Matrix
10 minutes
-Reminder of quiz
-Collection of Materials
-Study for your states exam
-Parent/Teacher Confernce Reminder

Appendix
Materials and Resources Listed

5/5 Worksheets, Post it notes, Chart paper, markers, notebooks, journals

Accommodations:
graphic/visual organizers
extended response time
reduced distractions
calculator use
human reader for test
frequent breaks
scribe for test:
modified materials:
Monitor Response

DH, RT, JM, NG, JV

JH, DH, MP, RT, JM, HW, JV
JH, DH, MP, RT, JM, JV
DH, MP, RT, JM, NG
DH, RT, JV
DH, MP, RT, JM, JV
NG
RT, NG
DH, MP, RT, JV

Name:
Date:
Class:
Multiple Choices: Vocab
1. Mixed-use Development is the smart growth strategy that puts businesses and _____________ in the
same building.
a. animals
c. homes
b. jobs
d. police
2. The process of taking old, abandoned run down buildings or empty lots and rebuilding or replacing
them with new buildings is known as _________________.
a. Infill
c. Limited Development
b. Jobs
d. boycott
3. As a countries population increases so does its need for ________________.
a. People
c. homes
b. Pollution
d. development
4. Baltimore City is an example of an _____________ area.
a. Urban
b. Rural
5. Farmland and countryside is known as a ____________ area.
a. Urban
b. Rural
6. Baltimore city and its surrounding suburbs and towns are known as the Baltimore
_________________
_______________.
a.
metropolitan area
c. rural fringe
b. urban core
d. geographic setting
7. The ________________ is the older area of a city that serves as the downtown or central business
district.
a. metropolitan area
c. rural fringe
b. urban core
d. geographic setting
8. The rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas is
_________________
a. Infill
c. Geoterms
b. Urban Sprawl
d. Mixed-use development
Cities
(Toronto, Portland, Atlanta)
9. __________________ targeted the urban core for growth.
10. Governor Barnes focused on public transit as an answer to __________________ air pollution
problems.
11. __________________ was the first city to create a set of land use planning laws known as smart
growth.
12. The city that tried to renew its urban core with infill was _________________.
13. Which city did you think had the best strategy to deal with Urban Sprawl? __________________
14. Smart Growth strategies in _______________ began with urban growth boundaries and ended with
mixed use development.
Review
15. If you were given a map and a ruler, how could you calculate distance?
A. Map Key
C. Ruler
B. Map Scale
D. Calculator

16. What is largest Great Lake?

A. Superior
B. Erie

C. Ontario
D. Huron

17. What is the largest state?

A. Texas
B. Florida

C. Alaska
D. California

BCR: Please describe Smart Growth. (Explain why and how it is used) (3)
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Names:

Date:

Class

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3.
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5.
Urban Sprawl: Baltimore, MD
Mission: Pretend that your collaborative groups are committees working in the city council. Your committee has
been chosen to come up with a strategy to slow Baltimores urban sprawl. Baltimores Urban Fringe has lost 283
square miles to Urban Sprawl. Your committee is to produce a poster stating a strategy of smart growth that you
believe will be most effective in slowing Baltimores Urban Sprawl. Your group is to create a poster promoting your
strategy.
Your Poster: Must include the following items:
1. Strategy:
2. 3 Reasons why you think this strategy will be effective in slowing sprawl
a. .
b. .
c.

3. Representation of strategy: Rap, Picture, Poem, Essay

4. Colorful and Creative
5. Effort: I am grading on Effort (not artistic ability)