Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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China's One Child Policy Debate

Carrie Kauffman of Decorah High School created this lesson on China's One Child Policy for tenth grade students. At the end of the lesson, students will participate in a formal debate over China's One Child Policy focusing on the pros and cons they have found through their research.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

World History

Theme

Environmental

Population

Economic

Cultural/Social

Historical

Political

Region

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

National Geographic Standards

2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people places, and environments in a spatial context

12. The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 7. Understand how cultural factors influence the design of human communities

HI 2. Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance

CL 7. Understand how various political systems throughout the world define the rights and responsibilities of the individual