Center for Latin American Studies

This unit is to be used with the current AP Spanish Language & Culture themes – Global Challenges with emphasis in environmental issues, specifically recycling. Excellent lesson plan for teaching about the impact of trash on the environment.

• Students go through their kitchen garbage and make list of all the items found.
• Students decide if they could recycle some of the items and why they did not.
• What kind of trash they have and what does it say about them – consumer habits. 
• Students lead discussions on cultural comparisons on how waste is handled in Latin American countries

Essential Questions: 

• What impact do human activities have on the environment?
• How does trash affect humans and the environment?
• How do you promote caring for the environment? 
• Where does our trash go? – read USA articles vs Latin American country
• Where are our landfills? – who works in this landfills? – same as above
• Why is recycling emphasized in some cities more than others? – compare with Latin American country