How to Use This Guide
Conducting An Issues-Based Instruction
Lesson 1:
Brawl Over Sprawl
Other materials:
“Time” magazine article
Anticipation Guide
Lesson 2:
Patterns of Growth
Other materials:
Maps of Development in Central Maryland
County Maps of Land Use/Land Cover
County Maps of Priority Funding Areas
State Map of Priority Funding Areas and Rural Legacy Areas
Student Handout: KWHL Chart
Fact Sheet: How to Create an Affinity Diagram
Lesson 3:
Understanding Population Growth
Other materials:
Maryland Population Data
Lesson 4:
Saving Habitat
Other materials:
“Carving Up the Landscape”
Habitat Loss and Restoration slide show
Species Populations slide show
Rural Legacy and GreenPrint maps
Maryland GreenPrint website
Green Print Maps
Lesson 5:
“Hard” Data from Space
Other materials:
Ground Truth Field Data Sheets (6)
Satellite image of Baltimore City
Lesson 6:
Spinning Your Wheels
Other materials:
Toolkit for Quality Growth
Greetings From Smart Growth America
Lesson 7:
Calculate Your Contribution
Other materials:
Student Worksheet:Transportation Diary
Tailpipe Tally website:
www.environmentaldefense.org/interactive.html
Sample Survey
Lesson 8:
Mapping Your Neighborhood
Other materials:
New Community Design, Chapter 2
Neighborhood Mapping website
Student Handout:
Neighborhood Survey
Lesson 9:
The Cost of Community Services:
Does Development Really Pay?
Other materials
Student Handout:Cost of Community Services Fact Sheet
Lesson 10:
Siting a New School
Other materials:
Environomics:
Where to Place the School
Student Handout:Paulford School Case Study
Student Handout:Issue Analysis Worksheet
Student Handout:Expected Behaviors During Discussion
L
esson 11:
Creating Community – A Function of Design
Other materials:
Smart Neighborhoods slide show
New Community Design, Chapter 2
Student Handout:Taking it Outside
Lesson 12:
Conducting a Survey
Other materials:
Student Handout:
Background on Surveys
Student Handout:
Survey Score Sheet
Lesson 13:
What is Smart Growth?
Other materials:
Smart Growth slide show
Student Handout:
Smart Growth Background
Student Handout:
Cooperative Group Assignment
Lesson 14:
What’s the Plan?
Other materials:
Student Handout:
Creating a Master Plan
Lesson 15:
How Did
That
Get There?
Other materials:
“Baltimore Beltway, 2025” cartoon
MD Dept. of Planning website:
What is Maryland's Smart Growth Program
(on CD)
Priority Funding Areas
(on CD)
Summary of Criteria for County PFA Designations
(on CD)
Priority Funding Maps
(on CD)
“Town Government” from Decisions, Decisions (Tom Snyder)
MSDE Geography Scoring Rubric
Lesson 16:
The New Segregation
Other materials:
National Geographic Maryland Smart Growth Map
Census Maps
Census Data
Race, Hispanic Origin, and Ancestry, Census Bureau Fact Sheet
Lesson 17:
Mapping the Issues
Other materials:
National Geographic Smart Growth Map
Side 1: 'Why We Need Smart Growth: Maryland's Growing Pains
'
Side 2: 'What is Smart Growth: More Choices - Better Places'
Student Handout 1: 'Effects of Urban Sprawl
'
Student Handout 2: 'Smart Growth Initiative'
Lesson 18
:
Healthy Community, Healthy You
Other materials:
Pedometers
Student Walking Log Handout
Obesity Maps Powerpoint
Walkability Checklist Student Handout
Lesson 19
:
Land Use and Nitrogen
Other materials:
Student Handout 1: Watershed Profiles
Student Handout 2: Bar charts: Nitrogen Loads by Tributary Basin
Student Handout 3: Development inside the Growth Area
Student Handout 4: Development outside the Growth Area
Student Handout 5: Wastewater Treatment Options
Student Handout 6: Best Management Practices Chart ('BMP')
National Geographic Maryland Smart Growth Map
Growth Area (Priority Funding Area) and Protected Lands Tributary basin maps
Land Use maps by Tributary basin
Lesson 20
:
Putting the Land to Work
Other materials:
Picture Maryland: Where Do We Grow From Here? Keeping Open Space Open
National Geographic Maryland Smart Growth Map
Article 'Eastern Shore Tree Pact Reached
A Look at Maryland Agriculture
'
Econoag' University of Maryland Publication
Maryland County Agricultural Profiles
National Farm data
State Farm data
'
Smart Ag & Smart Growth' Article
Glossary of Terms
Action Projects/Service Learning Options
Evaluation Form
