Geography 4th/5th: Indicator #2

Geography: Fourth and Fifth

Students will use geographic concepts and processes to examine the role of culture, technology, and the environment in the location and distribution of human activities and spatial connections throughout time.

 

In the context of Maryland up to contemporary times and United States history through 1790, students are able to do everything required at earlier grades and are able to:

Indicator #2
Identify and locate physical and human characteristics of places and explain how those characteristics have affected people living there. 

A lesson plan that uses the Internet for source materials and helps students to identify regions through foods http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g35/foods.html

 

Students design a theme park of natural and archeological wonders http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g35/wonderworld.html

 

A lesson plan that asks the students to consider the special and unique characteristics of their hometown and create a presentation or performance that could be used to welcome visitors    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g35/specialtown.html

 

A geography lesson on the Pima Indians and the Gila River in Arizona, the lesson plan includes online maps and primary source data for student and teacher use http://alliance.la.asu.edu/azga/lp_view.php3?lesson_id=16

 

An exemplar lesson plan from MSDE that includes this indicator is:
http://www.mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/exemplars/social_studies/4-5/somebody/index.html
 

Two more lesson plans from MSDE that include this indicator is:
http://www.mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/exemplars/social_studies/4-5/ozone_instruction/index.html

http://www.mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/exemplars/social_studies/4-5/imported/index.html

 

A game to infer how geographic settings and population interact and affect living
http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000043.htm

 

A lesson plan that examines the relationship between the sun and the earth with emphasis on the effects on geography http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g35/seasons.html


 
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