Unit 1:  Louisiana's Physical and Cultural Geography

Activity 3:  Off the Charts (GLEs: 4, 42, 78, 80)

CC:  Provide students with a graphic organizer (chart format, see example). Using a variety of sources (student research or teacher provided), collect data regarding either the collection of natural resources by commodity and/or annual sales totals derived from those Louisiana resources. Students will record the statistics in the appropriate rows/columns. A higher order thinking activity would require the students to denote statistical totals from selected past years (e.g., 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000). The students would be asked to determine if any trends exist (increases, decreases in amounts of availability or sales) and offer an explanation as to the cause of the trend. Additionally, students should predict the economic consequences (e.g., supply and demand, scarcity) and alternatives if a problem should exist. Using the latest statistics, students will create a pie chart or bar graph indicating the percent of total collection and/or total sales represented by each of the selected resources.

Explain: Use the chart created in MS Word.