Geography 6th-8th: Indicator #5

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 MSDE Division of Instruction and Staff Development provides the following overview of a complete integrated visual arts/language arts/social studies lesson related to the indicator: "Students learn about the Great Migration of African–Americans to the North during the early decades of the twentieth century through paintings from the Migration series of Jacob Lawrence, as well as related poetry, letters and photographs. They examine these materials to gain an understanding of the geographic concept of "push/pull" and the factors that caused the Migration. They then analyze the formal and expressive qualities Lawrence employed in his paintings to illuminate these factors and to convey his point of view on this historic event. Students create their own personal, visual statements about the event, communicating their understanding of "push/pull" factors associated with the Migration and their personal points of view.  They develop a scoring rubric for assessing their visual art projects, and apply the rubric to their own work and that of other students." http://www.mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/exemplars/integrated_content/6-8/and_the_migrants/index.html

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

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