People's use of the rainforest
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe different ways people use tropical rainforests and explain the impacts of deforestation.
Key learning points
- Indigenous peoples have been living in tropical rainforests for thousands of years.
- People use rainforests in a variety of ways including farming, mining, medicine and homes.
- Deforestation is rapidly reducing the size of rainforests to make way for human activity.
- Deforestation has negative impacts: loss of carbon sinks, loss of habitats, soil erosion and the displacement of people.
Keywords
Indigenous - People who are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved there from elsewhere.
Commercial - Related to the making of money from buying or selling things.
Economy - The way money in a particular area is made and spent.
Erosion - The process of Earth’s surface, e.g. rock or soil, being worn away and transported from its original site.
Common misconception
Only people that live in/near the rainforest use it.
Many products grown/extracted from the rainforest are exported and used by people all over the world.
Teacher tip
There is the potential to discuss what jobs students would want in the rainforest.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a tropical rainforest?
Q2.Why are rainforests important?
Q3.What is deforestation?
Q4. people are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved there from elsewhere.
Q5.How do people use tropical rainforest? order the sentence below
Q6. has many negative impacts, for example: loss of carbon sinks, loss of habitats, soil erosion and the displacement of people.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the key word with its definition.
people who are the original inhabitants of a place
the making of money from buying or selling things
the way money is made and spent in an area
the process of Earth’s surface being worn and transported away
Q2.How do indigenous people use rainforests?
Q3.The process of affects rainforest by removing soil and nutrients.
Q4. and cattle farming are two examples of commercial farming in the rainforest
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