Correlations to Colorado’s Course of Study
Module I
8000 years of American Prehistory
Grades 5-8:
History:
Std 2.1: Students know how to formulate questions and hypotheses regarding what happened in the past and to obtain and analyze historical data to answer questions and test hypotheses.
Std 2.2: Students know how to interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources of historical information.
Std 3.2: Students understand the history of social organization in various societies.
Module II
From Forest to Farm and Back Again
Grades 5-8:
Geography:
Std 1.1: Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
Std 1.3: Students know how to analyze the dynamic spatial organization of people, places and environments.
Std 5.1: Students know how human actions modify the physical environment.
Module III
Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization
Grades 5-8:
Geography:
Std 2.1: Students know the physical and human characteristics of a place.
Std 5.1: Students know how human actions modify the physical environment.
History:
Std 4.1: Students understand the impact of scientific and technological developments on individuals and societies.
Module IV
From Arbor Day to Earth Day
Grades 5-8:
Civics:
Std 2.4: Students know how public policy is developed at local, state, and national levels.
History:
Std 1.2: Students use chronology to organize historical events and people.
Std 2.3: Students apply knowledge of the past to analyze present-day issues and events from multiple, historically objective perspectives.
Module V
A New Profession Takes Seed
Grades 5-8:
Civics:
Std 1.1: Students know and understand what government is and what purpose it serves.
Std 1.2: Students use chronology to organize historical events and people.
Module VI
From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
Grades 5-8:
Geography:
Std 1.1: Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
Std 1.3: Students know how to analyze the dynamic spatial organization of people, places and environments.
Std 2.2: Students know how and why people define regions.
Std 4.4: Students know the processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
History:
Std 4.1: Students understand the impact of scientific and technological developments on individuals and societies.
Module VII
Trees in Your Own Back Yard
Grades 5-8:
Civics:
Std 4.2: Students know how citizens can fulfill their responsibilities for preserving the constitutional republic
Geography:
Std 1.3: Students know how to analyze the dynamic spatial organization of people, places and environments
Std 6.2: Students know how to apply geography to understand the present and plan for the future.
Module VIII
Harvesting Today in a Global Forest
Grades 5-8:
Economics:
Std 1.3: Students understand that resources can be used in many ways and understand the costs of alternative uses.
Std 3.1: Students understand that exchange of goods and services creates economic interdependence and change.
Geography:
Std 2.1: Students know the physical and human characteristics of places.
History:
Std 4.1: Students understand the impact of scientific and technological developments on individuals and societies.
Module IX
Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?
Grades 5-8:
Geography:
Std 5.1: Students know how human actions modify the physical environment.
Std 6.1: Students know how to apply geography to understand the past.
Std 6.2: Students know how to apply geography to understand the present and plan for the future.
History:
Std 2.1: Students know how to formulate questions and hypotheses regarding what happened in the past and to obtain and analyze historical data to answer questions and test hypotheses
Module X
The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.
Grades 5-8:
Geography:
Std 2.2: Students know how and why people define regions.
Std 4.4: Students know the processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
Std 5.1: Students know how human actions modify the physical environment.
History:
Std 2.1: Students know how to formulate questions and hypotheses regarding what happened in the past and to obtain and analyze historical data to answer questions and test hypotheses.
Std 2.3: Students apply knowledge of the past to analyze present-day issues and events from multiple, historically objective perspectives.
Module XI
Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?
Grades 5-8:
Geography:
Std 5.1: Students know how human actions modify the physical environment.
History:
Std 2.1: Students know how to formulate questions and hypotheses regarding what happened in the past and to obtain and analyze historical data to answer questions and test hypotheses.
Std 2.3: Students apply knowledge of the past to analyze present-day issues and events from multiple, historically objective perspectives.
Std 4.1: Students understand the impact of scientific and technological developments on individuals and societies.
Std 5.1: Students know how human actions modify the physical environment.
