Download The Lesson: Soil Is Not Trivial
Brief Description: Using facts about the Dust Bowl, students write questions and playa trivia activity focused around the establishment of a national soil conservation program and the importance of soil. Students then explore and/or develop a plan to address a local soil conservation issue.
OBJECTIVES
The student will:
- analyze, evaluate and retrieve information on the history of the national soil conservation movement in the United States;
- detail the events that led to the development of the Natural Resources Conservation Service and conservation districts;
- discuss why soil still needs to be protected today; and
- select and investigate a local soil conservation issue or develop a plan to address the issue.
ESTIMATED TEACHING TIME
Session One and Session Two: 45 to 60 minutes.
Session Three: 45 to 60 minutes, plus additional time to prepare class presentations.
Session Four: Time will vary depending on the number of team presentations and/or implementation of the students’ action plans.
Project Food, Land & People Alignment to Maine Learning Results:
Parameters for Essential Instruction Public Domain Lessons
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Discipline & Standard |
Grade Span/Grade |
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PreK-2 |
3-5 |
6-8 |
9-Diploma |
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| Career Preparation | ||||
| A. Self-knowledge/Interpersonal Relationships | A3a, A3c | A3a*, A3c* | A3a*, A3c* | |
| English Language Arts | ||||
| A. Reading | Grade 5: A3a | A3a | ||
| B. Writing | B2, | B2, | ||
| C. Research | C1a, C1b, C1c, C1d | C1a, C1b, C1c,C1g | C1a, C1c | |
| E. Speaking | E2a, E2c | E2a | E2a | |
| Science & Technology | ||||
| B. Skills/Traits of Scientific Inquiry | B1e | B1c | ||
| C. Scientific & Technologic Enterprise | C3b, C3c | C3a, C3b, C3c | C3b | |
| E. The Living Environment | E2a | |||
| Visual & Performing Arts | ||||
| B. Visual | B3 | B3c | ||