| Module I 8000 years of American Prehistory |
| Grade 6: Social Studies- Culture: 6.1.03: Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture. Grade 6 Social Studies - World History 6.5.01: Recognize the importance of fire, weapons, and tools to early cultures and agriculture. 6.5.12: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future. 6.5.13: Identify how to use historical information acquired from a variety of sources. Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. 7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces. Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time. Grade 8 Social Studies - History: 8.5.01: Identify ancient civilizations of the Americas. 8.5.02: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future. 8.5.03: Acquire historical information from a variety of sources to develop critical sensitivities such as skepticism regarding attitudes, values, and behaviors of people in different historical contexts. |
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| Module II From Forest to Farm and Back Again |
| Grade 6 Social Studies - Geography: 6.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place. Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.01: Understand the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies. 7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface. 7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place. 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. 7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces. Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement. 7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time. Grade 8 Social Studies - Geography: 8.3.01: Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective. 8.3.03: Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems. 8.3.04: Understand the geographic factors that determined the locations and patterns of settlements in the United States and Tennessee. Grade 8 Social Studies - History (Colonization and Settlement): 8.5.06: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future. |
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| Module III Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization |
| Grade 6 Social Studies - Geography: 6.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface. Grade 7 Social Studies - Culture: 7.3.03: Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture. Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time. |
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| Module IV From Arbor Day to Earth Day |
| Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. Grade 7 Social Studies - Government and Civics: 7.4.02: Understand how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of resources, rights, and privileges. Grade 7 Social Studies - Individuals, Groups, and Interactions: 7.6.01: Understand the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities. Grade 8 Social Studies - History (Colonization and Settlement): 8.5.06: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future. Grade 8 Social Studies - Individuals, Groups, and Interactions: 8.6.01: Recognize the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities. 8.6.02: Understand how groups can impact change at the local, state national and world levels. |
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| Module V A New Profession Takes Seed |
| Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time. Grade 10 Career Technical Education Course Standards - Forestry: Standard 1: The student will explore careers in the world of forestry. |
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| Module VI From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest |
| Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.01: Understand the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies. 7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface. 7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place. 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. 7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces. Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement. 7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time. Grade 8 Social Studies - Geography: 8.3.01: Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective. 8.3.03: Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems. |
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| Module VII Trees in Your Own Back Yard |
| Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface. 7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place. 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement. Grade 7 Social Studies - Individuals, Groups, and Interactions: 7.6.01: Understand the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities. 7.6.02: Understand how groups can effect change at local, regional, and global levels. 7.6.03: Understand how a geographic view is a significant tool in interpreting the present and planning for the future. Grade 8 Social Studies - Government & Civics: 8.3.04: Understand the geographic factors that determined the locations and patterns of settlements in the United States and Tennessee. Grade 8 Social Studies - Individuals, Groups, and Interactions: 8.6.02: Understand how groups can impact change at the local, state national and world levels. |
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| Module VIII Living in a Global Forest |
Grade 7 Social Studies - Economics: 7.2.02: Understand global economic connections, conflicts, and interdependence. 7.2.03: Understand the changes that occur in the nature, use, distribution, and importance of resources. Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. Grade 7 Social Studies - Government and Civics: 7.4.02: Understand how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of resources, rights, and privileges. Grade 8 Social Studies - Economics: 8.2.02: Understand global economic connections, conflicts, and interdependence. 8.2.04: Understand the interactions of individuals, businesses, and the government in a market economy. |
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| Module IX Wildfires: Fight, Flight, or Coexistence? |
Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place. 7.3.06: Understand how physical processes shape the Earth's natural landscapes and affect environments. 7.3.07: Understand how physical systems and the physical environment affect human systems. 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time. |
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Module X The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S. |
Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place. 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time. |
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Module XI Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why? |
Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography: 7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment. Grade 7 Social Studies - History: 7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time. Grade 8 Social Studies - Culture: 8.1.04: Describe the influence of science and technology on the development of culture through time. |
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