Humans and Environments Interacting

Skills to Master:

SS 4.3 Analyze relationships between human and environmental systems
SS 4.4 Evaluate the impacts of human activity on environmental systems

Task 11: Court Cases and Climate Change

To Do:

Step 1: Make a copy of Analyzing a Court Case

Step 2: Examine a court case of your choosing from the site Oyez.com or the Constitution Center for a baseline

Step 3: Research the case using other sources from the internet if needed

Step 4: Complete the task and submit it to Beacon

Resources

Oyez.com

Laws and Executive Orders | US EPALists and links to descriptions of the major laws and executive orders that EPA administers and/or that guide EPA rulemakings, including the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, CERCLA or Superfund, and the Clean Water Act.

Research Guides: Environmental Law: A Beginner's Guide: Federal LawsThis guide, from the Law Library of Congress, provides resources on environmental law, including general resources, federal legislative and regulatory information, and information about state environmental legal research.

Your Task:

Review historical or current environmental legislation, such as the Endangered Species Act or the Paris Climate Agreement. Then, identify how the three branches of government influenced the outcomes and their impacts on human systems.

Task Idea: Have students analyze the role of the three branches of government in shaping environmental policies (e

Assesses SS 4.3

Task 12: Environmental Interactions

To Do:

Step 1: Make a copy of Environmental Interactions

Step 2: Review the resources provided

Step 3: Research the topic using other sources from the internet if needed

Step 4: Complete the task and submit it to Beacon

Untitled document

Assesses SS 4.4

Your Task:

Complete the task to the left using the resources provided for you in the studio.

Time to...start working on your final performance task!

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