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I Am a Steppe In this project, students will be able to:

• identify the characteristics of a steppe

• state the effects of steppes on the development of cultures

• write a monologue as a steppe explaining the characteristics and geographic effects of steppes

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A steppe is a dry, cold, grassland thatis found in all of the continents except

Australia and Antarctica.

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A steppe is usually found between the desert and the forest. If it got

more rain, it would become a forest.if it got less rain, it would become a desert.

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Very few people live on the steppes.

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Let’s Learn More About Steppes!

It’s your turn.

Visit the following website:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/steppe.htm

Read the passage and take notes.

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What is the difference between a Steppe and a Savanna?

Visit the following website:http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/

gloss5/biome/grassland.html

Read the passage and create a chart with two columns: Savannas and Steppes.

List the differences.

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Let’s Learn About Specific Steppes!

Visit the following website:http://www.bartelby.com/65/pu/Puszta.html Where is Puszta and what did you learn

about it?http://www.bluepeak.net/mongolia/steppe.

htmlDescribe the Mongolian steppes.

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Although few people live on the steppes,cultures have developed on the steppes.

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Let’s Learn About the People of the Steppes!

Visit the following website:http://www.e-mongol.com/mongolia_nomadiclife.htm

Read the passage and create a list on how the people of the Mongolian steppe live, survive and thrive!

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Many pastoralists live in the steppes.

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Horses thrive in the steppes.

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Now, It’s Your Turn!

After researching information on the steppes and the cultures that have developed in the steppes, it is time to write your monologue as a steppe.

“I am a steppe. I am covered with grasses…”

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A land of grasses and blue skies

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A land of nomads and pastoralists