This lesson is aimed at introducing some of the largest problems that Utah is facing, geographically.
This lesson also allows great opportunities for students to work together and collaborate with one another.
Have the students divide into groups
Assign each group an article to read from the link above
The second article is fairly long, so you might want to skip it or give it to a group of really good readers.
Once they are done reading, have each group summarize what they read by writing a synopsis all together, then having one of them write it on the board.
Once all the articles have been read and summarized on the board, lead a discussion about each article, the problem that was brought up in the article, and possible fixes for the problem.