| Module I 8000 years of American Prehistory |
| Grades 6-8: History:
Benchmark A: Interpret relationships between events shown on multiple-tier time lines. Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark A: Analyze different perspectives on a topic obtained from a variety of sources. Benchmark C: Present a position and support it with evidence and citation of
sources. Benchmark D: Work effectively in a group. Grades 9-10: Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark A: Evaluate the reliability and credibility of sources. |
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| Module II From Forest to Farm and Back Again |
| Grades 6-8: Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark B: Organize historical information in text or graphic format and analyze the information in order to draw conclusions. Grades 9-10: Geography:
Benchmark B: Analyze geographic changes brought about by human activity using appropriate maps and other geographic data. |
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| Module III Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization |
| Grades 6-8: Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark B: Organize historical information in text or graphic format and analyze the information in order to draw conclusions. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark D: Work effectively in a group. |
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| Module IV From Arbor Day to Earth Day |
| Grades 6-8: Government:
Benchmark A: Explain why people institute governments, how they influence governments, and how governments interact with each other. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities:
Benchmark B: Identify historical origins that influenced the rights U.S. citizens have today. Grades 9-10: Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities:
Benchmark A: Analyze ways people achieve governmental change, including political action, social protest and revolution. |
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| Module V A New Profession Takes Seed |
| Grades 6-8: Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark A: Analyze different perspectives on a topic obtained from a variety of sources.
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| Module VI From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest |
| Grades 6-8: Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark B: Organize historical information in text or graphic format and analyze the information in order to draw conclusions. Grades 9-10: Geography:
Benchmark B: Analyze geographic changes brought about by human activity using appropriate maps and other geographic data. |
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| Module VII Trees in Your Own Back Yard |
| Grades 6-8: Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Government:
Benchmark A: Explain why people institute governments, how they influence governments, and how governments interact with each other. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities:
Benchmark A: Show the relationship between civic participation and attainment of civic and public goals. Benchmark B: Identify historical origins that influenced the rights U.S. citizens have today. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark B: Organize historical information in text or graphic format andanalyze the information in order to draw conclusions. |
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| Module VIII Harvesting Today in a Global Forest |
Grades 6-8: Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Economics:
Benchmark A: Explain how the endowment and development of productive resources affect economic decisions and global interactions. Government:
Benchmark A: Explain why people institute governments, how they influence governments, and how governments interact with each other. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark B: Organize historical information in text or graphic format and analyze the information in order to draw conclusions. Benchmark D: Work effectively in a group.
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| Module IX Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence? |
Grades 6-8: Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark B: Organize historical information in text or graphic format and analyze the information in order to draw conclusions. |
Module X The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S. |
Grades 6-8: Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities:
Benchmark B: Identify historical origins that influenced the rights U.S. citizens have today. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark B: Organize historical information in text or graphic format and
analyze the information in order to draw conclusions. Benchmark D: Work effectively in a group. Grades 9-10: Geography:
Benchmark B: Analyze geographic changes brought about by human activity using appropriate maps and other geographic data.
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Module XI Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why? |
Grades 6-8: Geography:
Benchmark C: Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment. Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Benchmark B: Organize historical information in text or graphic format and analyze the information in order to draw conclusions. Benchmark D: Work effectively in a group. |
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