Geography 4th/5th: Indicator #5

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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 # 5
Explain the impact of geographic characteristics on the settlement, growth, and prosperity of places in Maryland and the United States. 

A lesson plan that can be modified to fit any state, “Top Ten Cities” focuses on the ten most populated areas of the state and introduces population distribution http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g35/topcities.html

“There’s No Place Like Home” is a lesson plan that uses children’s literature and maps to explore past and present settlements http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/g35/home.html

Students interview their parents and relatives to construct a genealogical atlas of where their ancestors lived and why they moved http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g35/genealogical.html

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