Impacts of Past Natural Events - Little Ice Age
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Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Natural Events, Little Ice Age
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will investigate the natural event labeled "The Little Ice Age" and the impacts it had on human and physical environments in the United States through 1850.

  • SS.5.G.3.1 Describe the impact that past natural events have had on human and physical environments in the United States through 1850.
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Video : Crash Course - Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age
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Description: John Green teaches you about the Little Ice Age. The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that occurred from the 13th to the 19th centuries. This cooling was likely caused by a number of factors, including unusual solar activity and volcanic eruptions. The Little Ice Age greatly impacted human social orders, especially during the 17th century. When the climate changed, and weather became unpredictable, the world changed profoundly. Poor harvests led to hunger, which led to even less productivity, which even resulted in violent upheaval in a lot of places. All this from a little change in the temperature? Definitely.
Reading : The Little Ice Age
Instructions: Please read the following article as many times as needed before continuing to the lesson quiz. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since many of the questions in your quiz will be all about this content. Feel free to print the article if needed.

https://online.kidsdiscover.com/unit/ice-age/topic/the-little-ice-age

Quiz : The Little Ice Age
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. Please use complete sentences when answering short answer questions.
Question #1

Which of the following time periods was one of Earth's coldest centuries on record? 

Question #2
The "Little Ice Age" was the result of global temperatures dropping more than 20 degrees below normal temperature. 
Question #3

The Little Ice Age promted which of the following? 

Question #4

The Little Ice Age resulted in all of the following except. . .

Question #5
Even though it is labeled and described as the "Little" Ice age, this event lasted for almost 6 centeries (600 years).  
Question #6
During the Little Ice Age, it was cold all year round in all parts of the world. 
Question #7

Scientists can determine the weather and weather pattes of the past from all of the following except. . .

Question #8
Climate and Weather are the same thing. 
Question #9
Describe how the Little Ice Age impacted people and the environment. 
Question #10
What new developlements directly resulting from the Little Ice Age, do people still use in mode society today? 
Resources : The Little Ice Age
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
How to Survive The Little Ice Age
Nunalleq, a village in what’s today southwest Alaska, seemed to have thrived during the Little Ice Age. How did this village manage to survive and prosper during the Little Ice Age, and what caused this period of climate change in the first place?
National Geographic
Little Ice Age - Sparking War
The Little Ice Age and the Black Death
Video showing another perspective and the negative impacts the Little Ice Age had on populations globally.