In this lesson plan from National Geographic, students will participate a real-world environmental case to make a decision about building a road in the Amazon. What are the costs? Who will it affect? How will it affect them?

The lesson plan will involve students:

• identifying their role in determining the outcome of the road-building
• finding multiple geographic and political factors that may have a stake in the decision
• analyzing the consequences and impact of the decision
• determining the complex environmental issues and solutions 
• assessing and summarizing their final decision in the case study

The lesson plan is split up into three activities that will target students in critical thinking, problem solving, analyzing geographic information, interpreting data, finding evidence, constructing explanations, designing solutions and more. Click here for more details about this free lesson plan.