Technology and the Environment

• In this interactive lesson, students learn about the development of modern technologies, advancements in medicine, changes to agricultural practices, globalization, and human population trends to assess the causes and effects of environmental changes since 1900.
• Covering topics like infectious diseases, environmentalism, fertilizers, and exponential population growth, the lesson includes videos, articles, discussion questions, and in-class activities.

Positives

• This resource is a great way to link world history and climate change or environmental studies.
• The teacher's version includes discussion questions, a quick guide for using each resource, sample answers, and evaluation questions.
• The teacher portal includes access to forums, a blog, events, and professional development and planning resources for educators.

Additional Prerequisites

• The teacher and students must create an account to access the course.
• It is recommended that students skim the transcript of the videos and accompanying questions before watching.
• Since this lesson is part of a year-long AP World History course, when students create an account, the teacher should direct them to section 9.1.

Differentiation

• Although designed to fit into an AP curriculum, this resource can be used anytime during the year during lessons about globalization, innovation, technology, and the history of the environment.
• Printable versions of the activity worksheets, readings, and video transcripts are available on the teacher and student portals.
• You can select to pause the videos at each key idea to ensure students understand the main points.
  
• This can be used in a flipped classroom or have students complete the video and online components as homework.
• Science classes can use this lesson to connect to anatomy and physiology topics, infectious diseases and the endocrine system, population dynamics, carrying capacity, sources of greenhouse gas pollution, or numerous ecology topics.
  

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