Worksheet for GLE #14

Choices for Environmental Modification

• Levee Building Around New Orleans
• Lignite Mining
• Offshore Petroleum Drilling
• Preventing the Mississippi from Changing Course (warning: mild language, check with your parent first)
• Poverty Point Reservoir Construction (Political commentary) (Environmental impact)

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Standard

GEOGRAPHY: Physical and Cultural Systems

Students develop a spatial understanding of Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between people and places, and the relationship between man and his environment.

D. Environment and Society

Benchmark G-1D-M1 analyzing and evaluating the effects of human actions upon the physical environment; (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

GLE 14. Analyze, evaluate, and predict consequences of environmental modifications on Louisiana landforms, natural resources, and plant or animal life (G-1D-M1)