About This Lesson
<p>Ask students to look at the photograph of the Newbury Bypass, England, being built. Ask them what it tells us about people and their environment. Use this question and the the teachers’ notes above to start a discussion about the environmental impact of road schemes. What are the environmental impacts of building new roads? Why do we need them? You could divide the class into two teams, planners and ‘eco-warriors’. Each team has to prepare a presentation about why the bypass should or should not be built.</p>
The activity could be useful in a fully realized lesson plan that included supplemental activities, instructional methods, and objectives.