Students will recommend a plan for locating a new Wal-Mart Supercenter in the greater metropolitan Lehigh Valley area to have minimal impact on the environment. They will develop a proposal that applies “smart growth” principles to their planning decisions.
1. Ask students: What should the Wal-Mart Corporation consider when they plan to build a new store in an area? If needed, prompt students to think about infrastructure issues such as the availability of roads and sidewalks for transportation to get people to the store, and access to water and electrical lines to supply basic needs for the store to function. Discuss responses.
2. Tell students they will write a proposal statement for selecting the best site for a new Wal-Mart Supercenter location that will have the least impact on the environment. Inform students that each team member must write his or her own proposal statement. Tell students that their proposal statement should clearly describe how the proposed site selection promotes “smart growth” to slow down effects from sprawl. Instruct students to read the guiding questions that their proposal statement should address - #4 on the handout, Where Should We Build The New Wal-Mart Supercenter?
3. Distribute the Proposal Statement Rubric to each student. Have students read the rubric. Tell the students that their proposal needs to address each rubric criteria.
Helpful implementation idea:
For classes with low-level readers, read each criterion on the Proposal
Statement Rubric to students and provide an example to clarify each
criterion as needed.
4. Provide students with the remainder of the class period to develop their proposal statement and provide support as needed.
Helpful implementation idea:
Tell students to use their Proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter Analysis Form
to assist them with writing their proposal statement. Have students add content
to their Analysis Form as they write their proposal statement.
Allow students to use their Analysis Form during the next two days when they
assemble their presentation.
5. Allow time at the end of the class period to have students self-assess their proposal statement with the Proposal Statement Rubric.
Materials Needed:
Handout: Where Should We Build The New Wal-Mart Supercenter? [Walmart_activity.pdf]
Handout: Proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter
Analysis Form [Walmart_analysis.pdf]
Google Earth file: Wal-Mart sites.kml
Assessment information:
Proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter Analysis
Form Assessment [Walmart_analysis_assess.pdf]
Proposal Statement Rubric [proposal_statement_rubric.pdf]
Instructional Sequence | Environmental Issues: Land Use Change
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