Ecological and Human Consequences of Unsustainable Agriculture

Agricultural Expansion, Land Use, and Environmental Fragility

6th Grade·Social Studies·US-NJ-SS

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Evaluate the human hardship, displacement, and environmental destruction caused by regional soil degradation.

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Agricultural Expansion, Land Use, and Environmental Fragility

6th Grade · Social Studies · US-NJ-SS

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Analyze how expanding agriculture into marginal lands and adopting ineffective farming practices transformed rural ecosystems and set the stage for severe environmental degradation.

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6.1.12.GeoHE.8.aNew Jersey Social Studies Standards · 6th Grade

Determine the impact of the expansion of agricultural production into marginal farmlands and other ineffective agricultural practices on people and the environment.