Geography 6th-8th: Indicator #4

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 United States history through 1877, world history through the Middle Ages, and in contemporary world geography, students are able to do everything required at earlier grades and are able to:

For clarification of this indicator, go to:
http://www.mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/learneroutcomes/social_studies/6-8/clarifications3.html

The National Geographic Society provides a lesson, REGIONAL GUIDEBOOK, that asks students "to consider the unique physical and human characteristics of their home region." Recommended for grades 6-8.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g68/animalquiz.html

In a lesson provided by the National Geographic Society, DEFINING REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, students explore the concept of regions by working with maps and their own knowledge of the United States.  Recommended for grades 9-12.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g912/usregions.html

What Makes a Region a Region? is a lesson from Microsoft® Encarta® Virtual Globe for grades 4 – 10. The main objective of this lesson is to identify physical and human characteristics that define regions. Once students examine regions in this exercise they can compare them to their own region.
http://encarta.msn.com/alexandria/templates/lessonFull.asp?page=551
 

Rain Forests of the World is a series of lessons that examines the rain forest as a region.
http://multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/fga/misc/rain.htm
 

Antarctica: A Resource for Teachers and Studentsprovides students with self-study units and numerous pictures of the Antarctic region. Links to other resources are also provided.
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/
  

This site provides easily accessible, informative material and maps on the 50 states.
http://www.50states.com/
 

This site provides access to information on each of the 50 states through the YAHOO search engine.
http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/u_s__states/index.html

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