Geography K-3: Indicator #7



Geography: K-3rd

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.



Indicator #4
Identify ways people adapt to and modify the natural environment to satisfy their wants.


A set of activities from MSDE for teaching about this indicator
http://mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/exemplars/integrated_content/k-3/families/index.html
 

Activities for parents (but adaptable by teachers) designed to help children learn basic geographical concepts
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography/place.html

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography/relation.html

 

A complete set of lesson plans and activities, Where Does Our Breakfast Come From?
http://nicanor.acu.edu/~armstrongl/geography/break.htm
 

A complete set of lesson plans and activities, How Physical Systems Affect Human Systems
http://nicanor.acu.edu/~armstrongl/geography/phy_hum.htm
 

A set of lesson plans for children to learn the physical location, function and rationale for neighborhood services
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/k4neighbor.cfm
 

A literature based (When I Was Little) lesson plan (Grade 2). This lesson plan is interdisciplinary with economics.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade2/When_Little.html
 

A literature based (Apple Picking Time) lesson plan (Grade 3). This lesson plan is interdisciplinary with economics indicators.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade3/Apple_Picking.html
 

A literature based (The Hummingbird's Gift) lesson plan (Grade 3). This lesson plan is interdisciplinary with economics.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade3/Hummingbirds_Gift.html
 

A literature based (Everybody Cooks Rice) lesson plan (Grade 3). This lesson plan is interdisciplinary with economics.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade3/Everybody_Cooks.html 

A lesson plan that compares cultures http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/gk2/fairytale.html



 
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