Geography 6th-8th: Indicator #8

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:

Identify ways and reasons why people adapt to and modify the natural environment with technology, and analyze consequences of the modifications.

“Earth Day Every Day” is a lesson plan that helps students to analyze local problems and propose solutions http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g35/earthday.html

A lesson plan on technology and geography
http://ericir.syr.edu/plweb-cgi/fastweb?getdoc+lessons+lessons+4229+48+wAAA+transportation

An Internet site: Geo-Globe. Scroll down to Geo-Adapt for resources for teaching adaptation
http://library.advanced.org/10157/

A lesson plan for the concepts of adaptation and modification of environment http://multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/fga/1995/antarctica.html

A lesson plan that begins to teach about adaptation to an environment
http://encarta.msn.com/alexandria/templates/lessonFull.asp?page=1588

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

A lesson on deforestation of the rain forest and geography from Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/alexandria/templates/lessonFull.asp?page=812


A lesson on world water worries and the impact on environment and geography
http://encarta.msn.com/alexandria/templates/lessonFull.asp?page=797
 

A lesson plan for this indicator:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/ideask4/k4environ.html

A lesson plan that challenges the students to figure out where the people live
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/ideask4/k4summer.html

This lesson explores how the design and construction of homes around the world are influenced by geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/givemehome.html

Students will have the chance to predict the future of their town by researching a present day environmental concern and then projecting the effects 50 years from now http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g35/yourtown.html  

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