Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Traffic and Transportation in Nigeria

This lesson was created by Chris Joslin (Des Moines Schools) for students from ninth to twelfth grade. Throughout this lesson plan, students will gain knowledge about Nigerian transportation systems, its problems, and compare it to the United States.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Theme

Environmental

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

21st Century Universal Constructs

Critical Thinking

Complex Communication

Creativity

Collaboration

Region

United States

North America

Africa

Nigeria

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Common Core Standards

Writing Standards (W)

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 2. Understand how physical and human characteristics create and define regions