Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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Tin Mining on the Jos Plateau

This lesson was created by Natasha Cooper (Southeast Warren School District) for students from seventh to tenth grade. As a result of this lesson plan, students will understand the history and importance of tin mining on the Jos Plateau.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Physical Geography

English

Reading

Theme

Environmental

Historical

21st Century Universal Constructs

Creativity

Collaboration

Region

Africa

Nigeria

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Region

National Geographic Standards

14. How human actions modify the physical environment

16. The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations

GE 4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans