People and Place: Life in the Himalayas

This case study will help students understand the challenges of life in the Himalayas, the Earth’s highest mountain system. People living in the Himalayas must think carefully about how to use the limited natural resources around them. This case study will examine the finite nature of the water supply, and sunlight as an energy source. Your students will understand that:

1. geographic location, natural re¬source availability, and lifestyle are interwoven;
2. making use of natural resources does not need to be technologically complicated, but can rely instead on local knowledge and ingenuity; and
3. our lifestyle choices affect the environment both locally and globally. Students will work with readings, maps, charts, and graphs in order to develop geographic skills.

This lesson plan is one of a dozen related lesson plans available as PDF files on the People and Place webpage of Hemispheres: The International Area Studies Outreach Consortium of the University of Texas at Austin. The People and Place curriculum unit includes an introduction and standards alignment page.

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