Where Are the Gardens
in the Garden State?

Middle School Lessons on Sustainable Agriculture
and Farmland Preservation

 

Written by Loris Chen
Seventh Grade Teacher
North Arlington Middle School

This nine week study skills unit contains

  • 12 lessons that can also be taught individually
  • pre- and post-tests
  • 12 data sheets
  • student readings
  • reproducible maps
  • answers to lesson questions
  • glossary

Lessons

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  1. Where are the people, and why are they there?
  2. Where will the people be?
  3. How dense is dense?
  4. What's a big county?
  5. What's growing in the Garden State?
  6. Where are the farms?
  7. How are soils, bedrock and farms related?
  8. What puts the green in Garden State farming?
  9. Why are farmlands on the edge in New Jersey?
  10. Can agriculture be sustained in New Jersey? (sample lesson)
  11. Should state government help preserve farmland?
  12. Can we find common ground?
 

New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards supported
Science    5.1 ~ 5.10 ~ 5.12
Social Studies    6.1~ 6.3 ~ 6.4 ~ 6.6 ~ 6.7 ~ 6.8 ~ 6.9
Language Arts    3.3 ~ 3.2 ~ 3.3 ~ 3.4 ~ 3.5
Math    4.4 ~ 4.13
Workplace Readiness    2 ~ 3

National Geography Standards supported
1 ~ 3 ~ 11 ~ 12 ~ 13 ~ 18

 

 

Two other teacher resources from the New Jersey and Sustainable Development Program in preparation:

The New Jersey Highlands and Watershed Issues:
Interdisciplinary Lessons for Middle School

by Loris Chen

Civics and Science in New Jersey:
Secondary Lessons for a Sustainable State

by Paula Gotsch and Jeffrey Brown

 

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