Turbulent battle as Golden, B.C., fights to save local river rafting industry

Concepts of Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Interrelationship, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry: How might rafting company ensure that the increased access will not increase environmental impact?

Activity: Conduct an issue analysis and map out the the stakeholders and the site affected. Determine whether or not permission should be given and communicate to an appropriate audience via story map.

Candidates compete to become U.N. secretary-general By Julian Borger, The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff

Concepts of Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Interrelationships

Inquiry: How is the UN secretary-general selected? Why might this role need to change?

Activity: Conduct an issue analysis of the candidates. Create a spatial journal of where the past and present secretary-general and current candidates country of origin. Analyse results for patterns and trends. Make predictions as to who the next secretary-general may be, take in to consideration current world events. Communicate results to an appropriate audience via story map.

Yosemite's granite cliffs "breathe" and study finds heat can make them fall By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff 04.05.16

Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationships, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry: What might be some of the contributing factors causing these rock formations to "breath"? How might this "breathing" impact human activity in and around such locations?

Activity: Create a spatial journal of potential location that have the same spatial significance as the Yosemite granite cliffs. Use the patterns to determine other potential sites. What might need to be done to ensure the safety of people living in and around such rock formations? Communicate result to the appropriate audience via story map

Top 10 music festivals in Europe for 2016 Will Coldwell

Concepts of Thinking: Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry: What makes an optimal festival location? If the list where to expand to the top 15, where might the next five festivals be located? Why?

Activity: Create a spatial journal of the location to determine a pattern. Is there any part of Europe that is missing? If so what might be needed to fill this space? Communicate results to the appropriate audience via story map.

WHAT’S GOING ON IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH? National Geographic Education

Concepts of Thinking: Spatial Significance. Geographic Perspective, Patterns and Ternds

Inquiry: Why might this conflict going on? Why has this conflict not been widely publicized?

Activity: Complete an issue analysis of the issue. Map out the results to determine any patterns or  trends. Communicate your results to an appropriate audience to create change to this situation.

The Panama Papers: how the world’s rich and famous hide their money offshore Juliette Garside, Holly Wattand David Pegg

Concepts of Thinking: Geographic Perspective,  Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends, Interrelationships 

Inquiry: Why not allow equal access to such tax avoidance opportunities? How might such tax avoidance impact the local or national health of a country? 

Activity:  Create a proportional width arrow map to show where the taxes are leaving and where it is going to as well as the amount. Gather data on GDP, Life Expectancy, and Literacy to help determine how this tax evasion is impacting different parts of the world. Communicate your findings to an appropriate audience to help increase access to things like clean and safe drinking water.

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It's Expensive To Be Poor 

Concepts of Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry: Who owns the water? How is it possible that a culture would make the poorest people pay the most for water? What could the wealthy people, corporations, and governments do to increase fair access to clean water for everyone?

Activity: Complete an issue analysis to determine the different values and beliefs associated with the issue.Map out areas (local, regional, or global) of areas where access to clean/safe drinking water is not readily available. Observe patterns that may appear.  What could be done to alleviate the situation for people in need of clean/safe drinking water. Communicate to an appropriate audience.