1. 1. Objective (READ) SWBAT describe the effects of the Soviet Union’s policies on the environment. 2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION) 3. Warm-up (ANSWER) 1. How would you improve the lasting effects of the Chernobyl disaster? 2. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES REVIEW – What is the most important benefit of completing the warm- up activity?

2. ConversationYes, whisper, to help kids HelpNO Orso, notebook, text, other kids Activity1.Question of the Day 2.Answer focus q’s (3 mins) MovementYes, get notebook as you enter No, use hand signals ParticipationRight = sitting, writing, helping Wrong = no binder, no Q of Day Activity  WARM-UP

3. ConversationNone, raise a hand to speak, write comments in the margin to say during a commercial break HelpRaise hand, notebook, text, NO other kids ActivityTaking notes, hearing directions, explaining info, important news MovementNO, no bathroom during TI YES, hand signal for pencil ParticipationRight = silent, writing, awake Wrong = talking, not writing Activity  TEACHER INSTRUCTION (TI)

4. ConversationYes, whisper, to help kids, be on task HelpOrso, notebook, text, other kids ActivityViewing websites, creating products MovementYes, get laptop when approved No, use hand signals after seated ParticipationRight = typing, writing, helping Wrong = anything other than what is assigned Activity  LAPTOPS

5. ConversationYes, whisper, to YOUR GROUP, be on task HelpOrso, notebook, text, group members ActivityCreating products MovementYes, to get with group, desk olympics No, use hand signals after seated ParticipationRight = whispering, working, helping Wrong = talking to other groups, not participating, not helping Activity  GROUPS

6. Table of Contents DateTitleLesson # 11/16European Union38 11/18EU DBQ39 **RUSSIA (EURASIA) UNIT** 11/23Cover Page40 11/24Cut-Away Boxes41 11/30Human-Environment Interaction 42 1. Go to the next fresh page. 2. Write the title “HEI”

7. Laptop Directions 1. Open the power point called “Chernobyl - 09 L.” –Go to S:) Student – Student Read Only – Orso folder – Chernobyl – 09 L. 2. Use it to complete the Facebook Photo Album Assignment (1-10).

8. Chernobyl - Pictures READ ONLY

9. Photo Album Assignment Pretend you visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and took the following pictures (1-6) Pretend you are creating a Facebook photo album of each picture. Directions 1. Number in your notebook 1-10. 2. Write a caption that you would put in your Facebook photo album for pictures 1-6.

10. 1. This is an aerial photo of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant taken two or three days after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion which spread clouds of radioactive dust across the western part of the Soviet Union and Europe. READ ONLY

11. 2. The power station, which rendered the town uninhabitable for centuries, looms on the horizon, two- and-half kilometers away. READ ONLY

12. 3. Nature has been reclaiming the abandoned town. Wild boars roam the streets at night. Birch trees have been growing at random, even inside some apartment blocks. READ ONLY

13. 4. A cemetery of radioactive vehicles is seen near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in this Nov.10, 2000 nuclear accident at Chernobyl. READ ONLY

14. 5. Then five-year- old Alec Zhloba, suffering from leukemia, looks on in a children cancer unit at a hospital in Gomel, Belarus, in this March 19, 1996 file photo. Some 70 percent of the fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster fell on Belarus. Health Effects READ ONLY

15. 6. Ukrainian biology professor Vyacheslav Konovalov demonstrates a foal horse mutant in his laboratory in Zhytomyr, 120 km west of Kiev, Ukraine on March 11, 1996. He collected plant and animal mutants and human embryos and planned to create a warning museum. Effects on Nature READ ONLY

16. Pictures 7-10 Open the Word document called “Chernobyl Pictures Website.” –Go to the S:) Student – Student Read Only – Orso folder – Chernobyl Pictures Website. Choose four more pictures from the document. Briefly sketch each picture and include a caption to complete your fictional facebook album.

17. DAY 4 - SOLUTIONS Directions: Write this title in your notebook. This information will help you with your assessment today.

18. CAUSE REVIEW - Soviet Union Policies Industrialization – was done too fast Modernization – Soviet Union needed infrastructure Cold War arms race – must develop nuclear power

19. 1) The Volga – view the video clip on the Volga River http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/enlarge/volga-river-cathedral_pod_image.htmlhttp://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/enlarge/volga-river-cathedral_pod_image.html

20. The Volga www.chem.memphis.edu/.../interesting-visits.htm

21. Pollution of the Volga River During rapid industrialization, many factories were built along the Volga Some pollution is trash but most is from chemical factories The water is harmful to drink, harmful to the fish and causes sickness http://ec.europa.eu/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=36

22. Image Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory Volga River This is the Volga River Delta. This is the Caspian Sea, notice the brown sludge the Volga is dumping in it. This is the Volga River.

23. Pollution of the Volga River http://www.biodets.de/home/Behrends/page1_9.htm http://www.biodets.de/home/Behrends/page1_9.htmDamming for industrial purposes causes flooding http://www.biodets.de/home/Behrends/page1_9.htm http://www.biodets.de/home/Behrends/page1_9.htm

24. Pollution of the Volga River en.rian.ru/russia/20090804/155725996.html en.rian.ru/russia/20090804/155725996.htmlPollution from an oil spill en.rian.ru/russia/20090804/155725996.html en.rian.ru/russia/20090804/155725996.html

26. Pollution of the Volga River http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/top_story/image_9d7b0478-cc45-5ddc-b7e2-6c06da9eb974.html http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/top_story/image_9d7b0478-cc45-5ddc-b7e2-6c06da9eb974.htmlClean-up efforts are underway http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/top_story/image_9d7b0478-cc45-5ddc-b7e2-6c06da9eb974.html http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/top_story/image_9d7b0478-cc45-5ddc-b7e2-6c06da9eb974.html

27. The Shrinking Aral Sea Original border https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/ media/images/data_in_action_images/aral_sea_continues_to_shrink_august_2009_08_28_2009/23711-1-_medium.jpg Original Borders

28. The Shrinking Aral Sea Dust storms make the environment even more harsh http://www.russiankafe.com/images/aral_sea_dust_storm.jpgDust storms make the environment even more harsh http://www.russiankafe.com/images/aral_sea_dust_storm.jpg

29. Shrinking Aral Sea Desertification (expansion of deserts to the outer moist regions)Desertification (expansion of deserts to the outer moist regions) of the Aral Sea region led to this…

30. Shrinking Aral Sea

31. ocho.uwaterloo.ca Shrinking Aral Sea ocho.uwaterloo.ca

32. http://ec.europa.eu/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=36 Shrinking Aral Sea http://ec.europa.eu/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=36

33. http://keralaarticles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/aral-sea.jpg Shrinking Aral Sea http://keralaarticles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/aral-sea.jpg

34. Aral Sea Clip Aral Sea Clip Questions: 1. What is being done to fix the problems created by the disappearing Aral Sea? 2. What else do they need to fix?

35. HEI - Assessment Divide a piece of official EPA paper into three sections. Titles for each section: –Chernobyl (p. 368), Volga River (p. 352), Aral Sea (p. 353).

36. HEI Assessment Each section must include the following: 1. Picture of the disaster. (10 points) 2. Caption underneath the picture that explains how it happened. (10 points) 3. Explain how you would solve this problem today or at least make it a little better. (10 points) - Hint: Come up with ideas that improve the effects. The effects are the worst part.

37. HEI Assessment - K Each section must include the following: 1. Picture of the disaster. (10 points) 2. Caption underneath the picture that explains the following (10 points) : A. How it happened. B. The worst effect that demonstrates how each issue a disaster. 3. Explain how you would solve this problem today or at least make it a little better. You must include and explain at least 2 strategies for each issue. (10 points) - Hint: Come up with ideas that improve the effects. The effects are the worst part.

38. ChernobylAral SeaVolga River Picture Caption: Explain what happened. Caption: Solution: How would you fix it or make it a little better now? Solution:

39. ChernobylAral SeaVolga River Picture Caption: A. How it happened. B. The worst effect that demonstrates how each issue a disaster. Caption: Solution: How would you fix it or make it a little better now? (2 strategies) Solution:

40. HEI Assessment – Part 2 1. Question of the Day Answer the question of the day in your notebook like usual. 2. Paragraph Prompt - Do you think it was worth it for the Soviet Union to rapidly industrialize and rapidly modernize? Explain why or why not. –Bring up the Volga River, Chernobyl, and Aral Sea in your answer. Put the paragraph on the back of your EPA paper. Your To Do List… 1. Turn in your assessment. 2. Pick up the directions for the Facebook assignment we started on Wednesday. Complete it and get it approved. 3. Check out the Google Earth Tour for Chernobyl and the Aral Sea in the S:) Student – Student Read Only – Orso Folder.