Correlations to Georgia’s Course of Study
Module I
8000 years of American Prehistory
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
4. Students will distinguish between fact and opinion.
6. Students will identify and use primary and secondary sources.
10. Students will analyze artifacts
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
Grade 8:
SS8H1 (Historical Understandings):
a. Students will describe the evolution of Native American cultures prior to European contact.
Module II
From Forest to Farm and Back Again
Grades 6-8:
Map and Globe Skills:
8. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations based on information from maps.
11. Students will compare maps of the same place at different points in time and from different perspectives to determine changes, identify trends, and generalize about human activities.
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
Module III
Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
10.Students will analyze artifacts.
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
Module IV
From Arbor Day to Earth Day
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
8. Students will identify Social Studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose.
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
Module V
A New Profession Takes Seed
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
8. Students will identify Social Studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose.
Module VI
From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
Grades 6-8:
Map and Globe Skills:
8. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations based on information from maps.
11. Students will compare maps of the same place at different points in time and from different perspectives to determine changes, identify trends, and generalize about human activities.
Information Processing Skills:
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
Module VII
Trees in Your Own Back Yard
Grades 6-8:
Map and Globe Skills:
8. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations based on information from maps.
Information Processing Skills:
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
Module VIII
Harvesting Today in a Global Forest
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
17. Students will interpret political cartoons
Grade 8:
SS8E2, Economic Understandings:
The students will explain the benefits of free trade.
Module IX
Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
7. Students will interpret timelines.
8. Students will identify Social Studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose.
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
14. Students will formulate appropriate research questions.
Module X
The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
8. Students will identify Social Studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose.
9. Students will construct charts and tables.
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
14. Students will formulate appropriate research questions.
Module XI
Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?
Grades 6-8:
Information Processing Skills:
5. Students will identify main idea, detail, sequence of events, and cause and effect in a social studies context.
9. Students will construct charts and tables.
11. Students will draw conclusions and make generalizations.
14. Students will formulate appropriate research questions.
15. Students will determine adequacy and/or relevancy of information.
