Correlations to Idaho’s Course of Study
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
Harvesting Today 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
Fire: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.
