Indiana Social Studies GHW.11.1
The Standard
Analyze the impact of tourism on the physical and human environments of selected world regions. Predict the environmental and economic impacts of changes in tourism in these regions.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine how visitors change water, wildlife, jobs, and housing in places such as Venice and the Great Barrier Reef. They use evidence to predict what could happen if visitor numbers rise or fall.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how boat anchors can damage coral while reef tours pay local crews. They can predict how fewer visitors might reduce anchor damage and cut tour income, with a reason for each.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume tourism only brings money, overlooking coral damage or higher housing costs. They may also blame tourism for coral bleaching caused by warmer water.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, ask: If reef tour visits double, what could happen to coral and local boat jobs? Give a reason for each prediction.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
On printed maps of Venice and the Great Barrier Reef, students place sticky notes where tourism affects water, coral, housing, and jobs.
Ask: Should Venice limit daily visitors if fewer guests mean cleaner canals but less work for guides? Write a claim with one reason.
Teams sort cards reading 'anchors break coral,' 'guides earn wages,' and 'canal litter rises' into environmental or economic effects.
Print two Great Barrier Reef tour ads; students identify paid jobs and predict how extra boat trips could affect coral.
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