Intel Education: Visual Ranking Tool: National Energy Plan


	Visual Ranking Tool: National Energy Plan Content Standards and Objectives

Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
National Council for Geography Education’s National Geography Standards
Environment and Society
14. How human actions modify the physical environment
16. The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

The Uses of Geography
18. How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

California SCORE History/Social Science Standards
12e.3 Students analyze the influence of the federal government on the American economy.
12e.3.1 Understand how the role of government in a market economy often includes providing for national defense, addressing environmental concerns, defining and enforcing property rights, attempting to make markets more competitive, and protecting consumers' rights.
12e.3.2 Identify the factors that may cause the costs of government actions to outweigh the benefits.

Student Objectives
Students will:

Evaluate the problems of finding new sources of energy balanced against concerns about damage to the environment
Understand how energy requirements and resources have changed during the past 50 years
Understand how national energy policies have changed during the past 25 years
Understand the main components that help shape state and national energy policies
Compare, analyze, and evaluate energy plans from various perspectives - Understand the concepts: supply and demand, quad, OPEC, alternative energy
Recognize the impact of human choices on the environment and lifestyles

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