Teacher's Notes

Theme:
Land has been a major contributing factor to the growth and prosperity of United States.

Sub-theme:
There have been, and will continue to be, many irnportant debates about use and management policies.

Concepts:

• land
• land monopolization
• environmentalists
• sectional differences
• government ownership of land
• private ownership of land

Performance objectives -- this lesson focuses on developing skills at:

• Evaluating an interpretation on the importance of land
• Analyzing a table on United States land acquisitions
• Writing an essay on the importance of land

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