Correlations to Montana’s Course of Study
Module I
8000 years of American Prehistory
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 1: Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations.
Module II
From Forest to Farm and Back Again
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).
Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
Module III
Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).
Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
Module IV
From Arbor Day to Earth Day
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 2: Students analyze people create and changes structures of power, authority, and governance to understand the operation of government and to demonstrate civic responsibility.
Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
Module V
A New Profession Takes Seed
Grades 6-8:
Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
Module VI
From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).
Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
Module VII
Trees in Your Own Back Yard
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).
Module VIII
Harvesting Today in a Global Forest
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 5: Students make informed decisions based on an understanding of the economic principles of production, distribution, exchange, and consumption.
Module IX
Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).
Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
Module X
The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 1: Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations.
Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
Module XI
Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?
Grades 6-8:
Social Studies:
Std 1: Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations.
Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
