Teacher(s) Subject INDIVIDUAL &
SOCIETY
Unit title Resource Management MYP 5 Unit 2 duratio 12
year n3 hou
weeks rs
(7-9)
Inquiry: Establishing the purpose of the unit
Key concept Related concept(s) Global context
Time, Place and Space Globalisation and sustainability
Sustainability, disparity and equity
Statement of inquiry (SOI)
Sustainable development is not possible without addressing the questions of disparity and equity.
Inquiry questions (IQs)
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Factual Questions:
1. What is a Resource?
2. How do we classify Resources?
3. What is Sustainable Development?
4. Name some endangered species?
5. Name major dams of your neighbouring states?
6. What is Rainwater harvesting?
7. What is soil erosion? What are the different types of soil erosion?
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Conceptual Questions:
1. What are the steps of resource planning?
2. What are the ways to conserve resources?
3. Why resource conservation is crucial to Sustainable Development?
4. How many types of soil are found in India? What are their characteristics?
5. What is soil erosion? What are the different types of soil erosion?
6. How we can conserve soil?
7. What is the difference between the reasons behind deforestation during colonial times and the
present times?
8. What do political parties promise about the conservation of forest and wildlife resources? Debate
9. What are the reasons behind water scarcity?
10. Is it possible that an area may have ample water resources but is still facing water scarcity?
11. How accessibility to drinking water has changed in the last 30 years?
12. How the size of dams have changed over the years? Why they have changed?
13. Evaluate the impact of Multipurpose River Projects
Debatable Questions:
1. “Development of a nation can only be achieved through incessant exploitation of resources”
2. “Multipurpose river projects bring development for all.”
3. “Communities living in forests have done a much better job in conserving forest and wildlife
resources than government policies.”
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Objectives Summative Assessment Relationship between SA and SO
Criterion A: Knowing and understanding You have studied forest society and colonialism in class 9th. Learners will explore
how MNCs are
i. use vocabulary in context
exploiting resources and
Read the following article and prepare a writeup on
ii. demonstrate knowledge and how it marginalises the
understanding of subject-specific content following points.
weaker section. Further
and concepts, using descriptions, 1- How the relationship between given mining company and more they will also
explanations and examples. forest people of sambhalpur is similar and different from the ponder upon sustainable
forest society and colonialism that you have read in class ways through which
9th. these resources can be
Criterion B: Investigating used while taking
iii. collect and record relevant information 2- What are the main concerns of the forest people of concerns of others into
consistent with the research question Sambalpur? account.
3- What will you suggest to reduce the conflict over
Criterion D: Thinking critically resources?
ii. synthesize information to make valid,
well-supported arguments
iii. analyse and evaluate a wide range of
sources/data in terms of origin and purpose,
examining values and limitations
iv. interpret different perspectives and their
implications.
Approaches to learning:
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Thinking skill (transfer), communication
Action: Teaching and learning through inquiry
Content Learning process
Central idea/content Learning experiences and teaching strategies
(Week 01) Week 01
Resources and Development Topic: Resources and Development
Types of Resources
Objectives - Learners will be able to
● Classification of Resources 1- Classify resources on the following basis viz. origin, exhaustibility, ownership, status of
● Development of Resources development.
● Resource Planning 2- Explain the need and steps of resource development.
● Resource Planning in India 3- Demonstrate their understanding of sustainable development through case studies.
● Sustainable development 4- Classify types of soil and their characteristics
● Resource conservation 5- Describe types of soil erosion and preventive measures
● Classification of Soil
● Soil erosion IQ- What is a Resource?
IQ- How do we classify Resources?
Activity-1: Classifying Resources
Students will take a round of school premises and list 15 objects that have any utility to your
life. Write them down in the appropriate column in the following table.
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2- Read the section types of resources to know how they are classified. You may
define them in your words on a separate sheet.
3- Based upon your understanding of classify the resources you have collected on basis of
origin, Exhaustibility, Ownership, Status of development
Classification of resources - After eliciting the above responses the teacher would draw a
table on the board and ask students to name the resources they have listed and how would
they like to classify them. The teacher would write their responses to classification in the
appropriate column of the table.
Sample table
NAME OF Origin Exhaustibility Ownership, Status of
THE development
RESOURCE
IQ- What are the steps of resource planning?
Activity 2: SCHOOL AUDIT BY STUDENTS
Students will read the section resource planning. The section has elaborated upon
how resource planning takes place at the national level. The main aim of resource planning is
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to bring about a rational distribution of resources. Before moving to the activity answer the
following question
1- Should resource planning be done at different levels (state level, district level, local
government level) levels also? Why?
2- Should resource planning be done at the school level also? Why
Prepare a list of inventories in terms of resources available and required in each classroom
and how these can be redistributed in order to bring about a rational distribution and
functioning of a classroom.
Write a letter to your principal presenting your observations from the school audit report
prepared by your class suggesting the measures to bring about equality of opportunity for all
the students through this exercise.
IQ- What is resource conservation? What are the ways to conserve resources?
IQ- What is sustainable development?
IQ- Why resource conservation is crucial to Sustainable Development?
Activity 3: Read the section resource conservation and then watch the following
video on a man who made toys out of cigarettes. List the resources he has conserved
and explain how the resource you have listed was conserved.
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IQ- How is soil formed?
IQ- How many types of soil is found in India? What are their characteristics?
IQ- What is soil erosion? What are the different types of soil erosion?
IQ- How we can conserve soil?
Activity 4
Read classification of soil section and tabulate the information. Once you have
tabulated the information. Locate the area of different types of soils in the following map.
Activity-5: Read soil erosion and conservation section . After this fill the following
worksheet.
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Additional suggestive tasks:
The problem of climate change is grave and this is evident if we watch this video link
Therefore need of the hour is to follow the SDGs; watch this YouTube video link
It is rightly said that instead of blaming others; let's take responsibility by following
SDG goals in our day today life as each small step matters.
Please watch this video and see how this one man helped to achieve 3Rs.
(Week 02) Week 02
Topic: Forest and wildlife resources
Forest and wildlife resources
● deforestation from colonial times to Objectives - Learners will be able to:
present times 1- Elaborate on the difference between deforestation during colonial times and present times
● IUCN classification of flora and 2- Describe IUCN classification of flora and Fauna for making conservation policies.
Fauna 3- Explain the difference between the two approaches to wildlife conservation
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● two approaches to wildlife 4- Analyse the manifesto of political parties on the point of conservation of wildlife and
conservation forest resources.
● political parties and conservation of 5-Compare the role of community and government policies in the conservation of wildlife
wildlife and forest resources. and forest resources.
● Role of community in conservation of
IQ- What is the difference between the reasons behind deforestation during colonial times
wildlife and forest resources
and the present times?
Activity: 1 Deforestation from colonial times to present times
Students are very well aware of the reasons for deforestation in India during colonial times.
They may recall some of them. they will read the section why deforestation from your class 9
history textbook.
They can also explore the situation of deforestation in india from the site
globalforestwatch.org
We will now move on to the reasons behind the reasons for deforestation in India in present
times. You can use the following resources to know the reasons behind deforestation.
1- Read the section Flora and fauna in India from your geography textbook chapter forest and
wildlife resources.
Write a short note on what you have explored with regard to deforestation in India
Activity: 2 Deforestation and its effects in the Western Ghats
Do you know that over half of India’s natural forests are gone, one-third of its wetlands
drained out, 70 percent of its surface water bodies polluted, 40 percent of its mangroves
wiped out, and with continued hunting and trade of wild animals and commercially valuable
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plants, thousands of plant and animal species are heading towards extinction. In class 9
and class 8 you have read the effects of deforestation in India. Continuous human
activity in the Jungles have brought havoc on the people living in the area. Watch the
documentary Wounded Hills: A documentary on the environmental issues of the Western
Ghats . The documentary deals with human activities in western Ghats. It features
some of the very prominent environmentalists in India. Write an essay about the ecological
crisis unfolding in western ghats in context of the documentary you watched.
IQ- “Development of a nation can only be achieved through incessant exploitation of
resources”. Debate
Activity: 3 Different approaches to wildlife conservation
Read about IUCN how it has classified flora and fauna for making conservation policies p.15
.
Some ecologists believe that humans in modern times tend to preserve and conserve only
what they believe is required for their survival. Most of developing and underdeveloped
countries are suffering from overpopulation and poverty. Using forest resources is one of the
important ways to deal with it. This can be seen in most modern societies. When you extend
this argument you will find that flora and fauna can be dispensed with if their existence is in
the way of human survival.
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In previous classes they have read how people who live in forest areas see the jungle.
Following is a letter written by the red Indian chief president of the United states of America.
Chief Seattle's Letter
"The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you
buy or sell the sky? the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of
the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy
shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect. All are holy in
the memory and experience of my people.
We know the sap which courses through the trees as we know the blood that courses
through our veins. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are
our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the
dew in the meadow, the body heat of the pony, and man all belong to the same family.
The shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not just water, but the blood of
our ancestors. If we sell you our land, you must remember that it is sacred. Each glossy
reflection in the clear waters of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my
people. The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.
The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our
children. So you must give the rivers the kindness that you would give any brother.
If we sell you our land, remember that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit
with all the life that it supports. The wind that gave our grandfather his first breath also
received his last sigh. The wind also gives our children the spirit of life. So if we sell our
land, you must keep it apart and sacred, as a place where man can go to taste the wind that
is sweetened by the meadow flowers.
Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our
mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
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This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are
connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely
a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
One thing we know: our God is also your God. The earth is precious to him and to harm
the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.
Your destiny is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered?
The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy
with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills is blotted with talking wires?
Where will the thicket be? Gone! Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what is to say
goodbye to the swift pony and then hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival.
When the last red man has vanished with this wilderness, and his memory is only the
shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, will these shores and forests still be here?
Will there be any of the spirit of my people left?
We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat. So, if we sell you our land,
love it as we have loved it. Care for it, as we have cared for it. Hold in your mind the
memory of the land as it is when you receive it. Preserve the land for all children, and love
it, as God loves us.
As we are part of the land, you too are part of the land. This earth is precious to us. It is
also precious to you.
One thing we know - there is only one God. No man, be he Red man or White man, can be
apart. We ARE all brothers after all.
Both viewpoints represent very different approaches to the environment. Which one would
you support? Give reasons.
IQ- What do political parties promise about the conservation of forest and wildlife
resources?
Activity: 4 Politics and forest conservation
Students must have seen leaders of various political parties during elections. They promise a
lot of things. They release a manifesto whereby they promise what they will do if they come
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to power. These promises are done to the public for votes. Following is the link to the Lok
Sabha election manifesto of the two biggest political parties.
1- Manifesto of Indian national congress
2- Manifesto of of Bhartiya Janta Party
Find what they have promised for the conservation of forest and wildlife resources. You do
not need to read the whole manifesto; you can see the headings like forests, wildlife, tribals,
environment, and climate.
What did you find in the manifesto? Remember they promise only what they believe people
want. Are you satisfied with what they have promised? What it says about political parties'
beliefs about people’s understanding of forest and wildlife conservation. You can further read
about conservation initiatives by the government in India in the section Conservation of
forest and Wildlife in India in p 18-20.
IQ: Debate “Communities living in forests have done a much better job in conserving forest
and wildlife resources than government policies.”
Activity-5: Community and Conservation
Read community and conservation from book to read about various movements and
initiatives of communities in conservation of wildlife resources. Watch the documentary Eco
India: Over 1,000 hectares of Mumbai's mangroves are fiercely guarded by a fishing
community.
Write your arguments in favour or against the following statement
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Communities living in forests have done a much better job in conserving forest and wildlife
resources than government policies.
(Week 03)
Water Resources
● Water scarcity and Need for Water
● Ground water
● Multipurpose River Projects and
Integrated Water Resources
Management Week 03
Topic: Water Resources
● Rainwater Harvesting
Objectives - Learners will be able to
● Identify the reasons for water scarcity.
● Analyse the accessibility of drinking water.
● Evaluate the impact of multipurpose river valley projects.
● Explore different water harvesting techniques in their vicinity.
IQ: What are the reasons behind water scarcity?
IQ: Is it possible that an area may have ample water resources but is still facing
water scarcity?
Activity-1: Water Scarcity
The unit will begin with screening of the documentary Global water wars. Then the
following question will be posed for reflection at home (i) “Why is it predicted that
by 2025 nearly 2 billion people will live in absolute water scarcity?” (ii) Where is
then water scarcity likely to occur (iii) Is it possible that an area may have ample
water resources but is still facing water scarcity? After this activity, give page NCERT
p. 23-25 to read.
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IQ- How accessibility to drinking water has changed in the last 30 years?
Activity-2: Groundwater
Ask students to go through the basic information about drinking water and importance
of ground water given in students’ companion. They can further read problem of
depleting groundwater level in India(NCERT P. 25-26)
After this, ask them to interview their grandparents about their sources of drinking
water 30 years ago and find out the sources of their drinking water.
They will write upon following
What differences do you find in terms of accessibility and pricing? Explain the
reasons behind the change you have noticed.
IQ- How the size of dams have changed over the years? Why they have changed?
IQ- Evaluate the impact of Multipurpose River Projects
IQ-“Multipurpose river projects bring development for all.” Debate.
Activity-3 Multipurpose River Projects
Read the section Multi-purpose river project p 26-29. Study the following bar chart which
represents the number of dams constructed with average heights.
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Answer the following questions with reference to what you have explored.
1. Why have the heights of dams increased over years?
2. Construction of dams is taken as both boon and bane. Explain the reasons behind this
kind of perception of the people.
3. What new measures are taken to balance sustainable development against the need
for growth?
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4. What are other alternatives to big dams?
IQ- Name major dams of your neighbouring states.
Activity-4: Map Pointing
Locate and label any 5 major dams in North India and South India on the physical map of
India.
Refer to Pg.28 NCERT
IQ-What is Rainwater harvesting?
Activity-5: Rainwater harvesting
The teacher will tell the students to read Pg 29 -31 at home and then the next day the
discussion on this topic should be done. They will discuss the following
Different ways of Rainwater Harvesting and Irrigation systems to save water. They
will further explain which of these harvesting techniques can be practised by them
with reason.
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