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to National History and Social Studies Standards ID Department of Education Content Standards | | Module I 8000 years of American Prehistory | | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere :
Standard 1 - History:
Goal 1.8: Build an understanding of the cultural and social development of human civilization.
6-9.GWH.1.8.1 Describe the civilizations of the Western Hemisphere prior to European contact.
6-9.GWH.1.8.4 Recognize historical perspective by identifying the context in which events occurred. World History and Civilizations:
Standard 1 - History:
Goal 1.6: Explain the rise of human civilization.
6-9.WHC.1.6.1 Describe types of evidence used by anthropologists, archaeologists, and other scholars to reconstruct early human and cultural development. Goal 1.7: Trace how natural resources and technological advances have shaped human civilization.
6-9.WHC.1.7.1 Explain how man adapted the environment for civilization to develop. Standard 3 - Economics:
Goal 3.1: Explain basic economic concepts.
6-9.WHC.3.1.1 Explain how historically people have relied on their natural resources to meet their needs.
| | | | Module II From Forest to Farm and Back Again | | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
6-9.GWH.2.1.1 Explain and use the components of maps, compare different map projections, and explain the appropriate uses for each.
6-9.GWH.2.1.4 Analyze visual and mathematical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event. Goal 2.4: Analyze the human and physical characteristics of different places and regions.
6-9.GWH.2.4.1 Identify patterns of population distribution and growth in the Western Hemisphere and explain changes in these patterns, which have occurred over time. Grades 6-12: U.S. History 1:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
6-12.USH1.2.1.1 Develop and interpret different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases and models. Goal 2.2: Explain how human actions modify the physical environment and how physical systems affect human activity and living conditions.
6-12.USH1.2.2.1 Explain ways in which people responded to their physical environment in the early national history of the United States. | | | | Module III Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization | | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
6-9.GWH.2.5.2 Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment and evaluate ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment. Grades 6-12: U.S. History I:
Standard 1 - History:
Goal 1.4: Analyze the political, social, and economic responses to industrialization and technological innovations in the development of the United States.
6-12.USH1.1.4.1 Explain the consequences of scientific and technological inventions and changes on the social and economic lives of the people in the development the United States.
| | | | Module IV From Arbor Day to Earth Day | | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
6-9.GWH.2.5.5 Identify contrasting perspectives of environmental issues that affect the Western Hemisphere. Grades 6-12: U.S. History 1:
Standard 4 - Civics and Government:
Goal 4.3: Build an understanding that all people in the United States have rights and assume responsibilities.
6-12.USH1.4.3.1 Provide and evaluate examples of social and political leadership in early American history.
6-12.USH1.4.3.2 Describe ways in which citizens participated in early American public life. | | | | Module V A New Profession Takes Seed | | Grades 6-12: U.S. History I:
Standard 1 - History:
Goal 1.4: Analyze the political, social, and economic responses to industrialization and technological innovations in the development of the United States. | | | | Module VI From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest | | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
6-9.GWH.2.1.1 Explain and use the components of maps, compare different map projections, and explain the appropriate uses for each.
6-9.GWH.2.1.4 Analyze visual and mathematical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event. Goal 2.4: Analyze the human and physical characteristics of different places and regions.
6-9.GWH.2.4.1 Identify patterns of population distribution and growth in the Western Hemisphere and explain changes in these patterns, which have occurred over time. Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
6-9.GWH.2.5.3 Give examples of how both natural and technological hazards have impacted the physical environment and human populations in specific areas of the Western Hemisphere. World History and Civilizations:
Standard 1 - Geography:
Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time. Grades 6-12: U.S. History 1:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
6-12.USH1.2.1.1 Develop and interpret different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases and models.
| | | | Module VII Trees in Your Own Back Yard | | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
6-9.GWH.2.1.4 Analyze visual and mathematical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event. World History and Civilizations:
Standard 1 - Geography:
Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
| | | | Module VIII Living in a Global Forest | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
6-9.GWH.2.5.2 Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment and evaluate ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment. Standard 3 - Economics:
Goal 3.2: Identify different influences on economic systems.
6-9.GWH.3.2.4 Identify economic connections between a local community and the countries of the Western Hemisphere.
| | | | Module IX Wildfires: Fight, Flight, or Coexistence? | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemishphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
6-9.GWH.2.5.3 Give examples of how both natural and technological hazards have impacted the physical environment and human populations in specific areas of the Western Hemisphere. | Module X The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S. | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
6-9.GWH.2.1.4 Analyze visual and mathematical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event. Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
6-9.GWH.2.5.2 Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment and evaluate ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment. Grades 6-12: U.S. History 1:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
6-12.USH1.2.1.1 Develop and interpret different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases and models.
| Module XI Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why? | Grades 6-9: Geography - Western Hemisphere:
Standard 2 - Geography:
Goal 2.5: Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
6-9.GWH.2.5.2 Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment and evaluate ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment. Grades 6-12: U.S. History I:
Standard 1 - History:
Goal 1.4: Analyze the political, social, and economic responses to industrialization and technological innovations in the development of the United States.
6-12.USH1.1.4.1 Explain the consequences of scientific and technological inventions and changes on the social and economic lives of the people in the development the United States.
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