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Struggles in a Sari: How Women are Affected by Flooding in Bangladesh

This lesson was created by Linda Litterer and Sarah Dorpinghaus for students from tenth to twelfth grade. By completing this lesson plan, students will gain an understanding of how natural phenomena affect the Bangladeshi population, women in particular.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Theme

Population

Cultural/Social

21st Century Universal Constructs

Critical Thinking

Complex Communication

Collaboration

Region

Bangladesh

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Common Core Standards

Readings Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies (RH)

Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies (WHST)

Iowa Core 21st Century Standards

TL 4. Demonstrate critical thinking skills using appropriate tools and resources to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions

National Geographic Standards

18. How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

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 5. Understand how human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans