1. Objective (READ) SWBAT identify types of infrastructure that made the US rich.

2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)

3. Warm-up (ANSWER THE QUESTIONS) A. Why is Houstons population growing?

B. What effect does this have on the cities ability to offer services to its citizens? Give an example.

1. Objective (READ) Day 2SWBAT explain how the US uses infrastructure to trade globally and regionally.

2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)

3. Warm-up (ANSWER THE QUESTIONS) A. What caused the US to become an urbanized nation?

B. Why did most people live on the East Coast in the 1700s?

History of US Cities1. Farmers only5. Automobile invented6. People move to suburbs Urban Sprawl4. Cities grow US = urban nation 3. Farmers leave to work in factories 2. Industrialization (factories) COPY STEPS 1-67. Internet Invented8. People work from home in rural areas

Table of Contents - H1. Make a new page called Infrastructure.2. Label it page 30.

Table of Contents - H1. Make a new page called Infrastructure.2. Label it page 30.

Table of Contents - L1. Go to the page called Infrastructure.

Directions: Answer two of the three questions below in your notebookWhat does your neighborhood have that helps people get rich?

What do businesses in your neighborhood HAVE to have to help them get rich?

If you were a business owner and could do one thing to sabotage your largest competitors ability to make money what would you do?

Infrastructure The basic support systems needed to help an economy function

InfrastructureSketch or write real-life examples for the three other things required to keep an economy going

PowerCommunications (Internet, Phones)Water services

BackgroundYou are the CEO of Nike. Your job is to create a trading plan for regional trade and global trade.

Key Questions: 1. How did infrastructure make the US rich? 2. Which type of infrastructure helps people trade worldwide? Which types help people trade regionally? 3. How do goods go from secondary levels of economic activity to the tertiary level?READ ONLY

Infrastructure Data Sheet

TypeExplanationExamples 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1. PortsExplanation - Ports provide shipping routes for imports and exports.Examples: Houston, Philadelphia, San FranciscoPorts near New York City

2. RailroadsExplanation - Railroads provide bulk transportation from region to region. Example: Transporting cattle from Houston to Dallas by rail. Then from Dallas to Chicago by rail.DALLASCHICAGO

3. Interstate Highway SystemExplanation - Highways provide ground shipping.Task Write or sketch a real-life example of ground shipping.

4. Communication - Examples Internet, Cell phones, TV- Explanation - How can businesses use these tools for global trade?

Global Trade Trade with other countries.

I bought shoes at the mall that were manufactured in the Dominican Republic.

Regional Trade Trade in the United States.

I bought fruit that was grown in California at Kroger.

5. Bridges

Background: There are three major ports on the Chesapeake Bay near Virginia and Maryland on the Atlantic Coastal Plains. Norfolk, Virginia Washington DC (capital of the US) Baltimore, Maryland

What would you do?

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel A construction project in Virginia where they built a tunnel under the Chesapeake Bay to allow large cargo ships and cars to travel over the same area.

Bridges ClipClip Questions:1. How does the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel help regional trade?

2. How does it help global trade?

Directions: - Add your own explanation and example for #5. Bridges

6. St. Lawrence SeawayExplanation Chokepoint that is a major shipping route on the US and Canada border.

Other types of infrastructure7. Airports- Come up with your own explanation and example.

8. Power -Examples: Power plants, electricity, power grid, hydroelectric dams, natural gas lines, etc. Come up with your own explanation for power systems

Closure1. Answer the Question of the Day on your warm-up page like normal.

2. Business Infrastructure Plans A) Create a fake business. Identify a product that your business makes. B) Explain how your business uses each of the 4 types of infrastructure to get rich. - Each example must show evidence of global or regional trade. - Have 2 of your examples show global trade and 2 show regional trade.

Exit Ticket H Obama wants Congress to approve the spending of $80 Billion to rebuild 150,000 miles of road, construct and maintain 4,000 miles of railroad, and refurbish 150 miles of airport runways. Infrastructure investment creates jobs, improves our global competitiveness, and fuels economic growth President Obama 10/6/10

A) Do you think spending $80 billion is a good idea? Explain why or why not.

B) If you could only choose three forms of infrastructure to improve, would you pick highways, railroads, and runways? - If yes, explain why you agree. - If no, identify the three forms of infrastructure that you would choose and explain why you think they would help our economy more.

Exit Ticket L Obama wants Congress to approve the spending of $80 Billion to rebuild 150,000 miles of road, construct and maintain 4,000 miles of railroad, and refurbish 150 miles of airport runways. Infrastructure investment creates jobs, improves our global competitiveness, and fuels economic growth President Obama 10/6/10

A) If you could only choose three forms of infrastructure to improve, would you pick highways, railroads, and runways? - If yes, explain why you agree and how it will make the economy good. - If no, identify the three forms of infrastructure that you would choose and explain why you think they would help our economy more.

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Hint Dont confuse infrastructure with type of transportation. Infrastructure = AirportsMode of transportation =

Infrastructure = Highways

Mode of transportation =

Physiographic RegionsA group of places with similar physical characteristics.