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Description: Students will gain an understanding of the role of media as a source of public information regarding geographic events, development, and issues by examining and weighing the validity of various forms of media. The environmental challenge of climate change is used to illustrate the six basic purposes of media, utilizing an interactive online global tour. Students will have the opportunity to expand their research and technological skills through the production of online global tours, investigating additional topics of desertification, deforestation, pollution, overpopulation, and urban sprawl.

Grade level(s): Middle School
Standards: OAS, GFL
Produced By: Pam Merrill