1. Teacher Guide
This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble.
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Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently divides her time between New York City and Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, pursing a PhD in Sociology. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access and academic enrichment programming in Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania.  In addition to her studies and work in the education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast.
This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

2. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear?
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Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.

3. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear?
For thousands of years, people in Cappadocia have literally carved out an existence within the natural towers of soft tuff, formed from hardened volcanic ash. Having fallen under the rule of various kingdoms in the region’s storied history, Cappadocia has emerged in modern times as a major tourist destination in Turkey.
And why not? Standing in the shadow of Uçhisar Castle are many of Cappadocia’s “fairy chimneys.” Away from the city, these stone spires crowd the landscape. But in the Uçhisar region, they blend in with the many caves on the hill, and some are large enough that they’ve been hollowed out and are used as dwellings to this day.
Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.

4. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear? 1
Web Search
What is a natural resource? What types of natural resources do you use often? 2
Thinking
How does the work of the people in Cappadocia relate to natural resources? 3
What are examples of natural resources? 4
Why are natural resources important? What are threats to some common natural resources. 5
What are differences between renewable and non-renewable natural resources?
There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)

5. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear? 5
Minutes
You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.

6. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear? 1
Web Search
What is a natural resource? What types of natural resources do you use often? 2
Thinking
How does the work of the people in Cappadocia relate to natural resources? 3
What are examples of natural resources? 4
Why are natural resources important? What are threats to some common natural resources. 5
What are differences between renewable and non-renewable natural resources?
You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.

7. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear? 1
Web Search
What is a natural resource? What types of natural resources do you use often?
(Possible Search Queries: ”what is a natural resource” “natural resources”)
From Buzzle (
The natural resources can be simply defined as materials which occur naturally in different environmental conditions. There are many things which can be included in the list of natural resources. At present, only those resources found on the earth are included in the list. However, scientists are considering the possibility of obtaining natural resources present on asteroids.
Read more at Buzzle:

8. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear? 2
Thinking
How does the work of the people in Cappadocia relate to natural resources?
Students should consider how the work of the Cappadocians constitutes a use of natural resources

9. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear? 3
Web Search
What are examples of natural resources?
(Possible Search Queries: ”examples of natural resources”)
From The Free Source (
List of Examples of natural resources
Air, wind and atmosphere
Plants
Animals
Coal, fossil fuels, rock and mineral resources
Forestry
Range and pasture
Soil
Water, oceans, lakes, groundwater and rivers
Sun

10. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear? 4
Web Search
Why are natural resources important? What are threats to some common natural resources.
(Possible Search Queries: ”importance of natural resources”)
From Your Article Library (
Natural resources are those components of environment which are inherently created by environment for supporting life. These resources are very essential for sustaining life on earth.

11. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear? 5
Web Search
What are differences between renewable and non-renewable natural resources?
(Possible Search Queries: ”natural resources” “types of natural resources”)
From Your Article Library (
Renewable Resources:
Renewable resources are ones that can be replenished or reproduced easily. Some of them, like sunlight, air, wind, etc., are continuously available and their quantity is not affected by human consumption. Many renewable resources can be depleted by human use, but may also be replenished, thus maintaining a flow. Some of these, like agricultural crops, take a short time for renewal and others like water, forests take a comparatively longer time.
Non-renewable Resources:
Non-renewable resources are formed over very long geological periods. Minerals and fossil fuels are included in this category. Since their rate of formation is extremely slow, they cannot be replenished once they get depleted.

12. In what ways do humans depend on natural resources
In what ways do humans depend on natural resources? What happens if these resources disappear?
This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.