Correlations to Nevada’s Course of Study
Module I
8000 years of American Prehistory
History:
Content Standard 1.0, Chronology: Students use chronology to organize and understand the sequence and relationship of events.
Content Standard 2.0, History Skills: Students will use social studies vocabulary and concepts to engage in inquiry, in research, in social studies analysis, and in decision-making.
Content Standard 3.0, Prehistory to 400 CE: Students understand the development of human societies, civilizations, and empires through 400 CE.
Content Standard 4,1 CE to 1400: Students understand the characteristics, ideas, and significance of civilizations and religions from 1 CE to 1400.
Content Standard 5, 1200 to 1750: Students understand the impact of the interaction of peoples, cultures, and ideas from 1200 to 1750.
Module II
From Forest to Farm and Back Again
Geography:
Content Standard 1.0, Map Use: The World in Spatial Terms: Students use maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
Content Standard 4, Human Systems: Students understand how economic, political, and cultural processes interact to shape patterns of human migration and settlement, influence and interdependence, and conflict and cooperation.
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
History:
Content Standard 2.0, History Skills: Students will use social studies vocabulary and concepts to engage in inquiry, in research, in social studies analysis, and in decision-making.
Content Standard 5, 1200 to 1750: Students understand the impact of the interaction of peoples, cultures, and ideas from 1200 to 1750.
Module III
Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization
Geography:
Content Standard 4, Human Systems: Students understand how economic, political, and cultural processes interact to shape patterns of human migration and settlement, influence and interdependence, and conflict and cooperation.
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
History:
Content Standard 2.0, History Skills: Students will use social studies vocabulary and concepts to engage in inquiry, in research, in social studies analysis, and in decision-making.
Content Standard 6.0, 1700-1865: Students understand the people, events, ideas, and conflicts that led to the creation and growth of a distinctive culture.
Content Standard 7.0, 1860-1920: Students understand the importance and impact of political, economic, and social ideas.
Module IV
From Arbor Day to Earth Day
Geography:
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
Civics:
Content Standard 1.0, Rules, Law, and Government: Students know why society needs rules, laws, and governments.
Content Standard 4.0, The Political Process: Students describe the roles of political parties, interest groups, and public opinion in the democratic process.
History:
Content Standard 7.0, 1860-1920: Students understand the importance and impact of political, economic, and social ideas.
Content Standard 9.0, The Twentieth Century, a Changing World: 1945 to 1990: Students understand the shift of international relationships and power as well as the significant developments in American culture.
Module V
A New Profession Takes Seed
History:
Content Standard 2.0, History Skills: Students will use social studies vocabulary and concepts to engage in inquiry, in research, in social studies analysis, and in decision-making.
Content Standard 7.0, 1860-1920: Students understand the importance and impact of political, economic, and social ideas.
Module VI
From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
Geography:
Content Standard 1.0, Map Use: The World in Spatial Terms: Students use maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
Content Standard 2.0, Places and Regions: Students understand the physical and human features and cultural characteristics of places and use this information to define and study regions and their patterns of changes.
- By the end of eighth grade, students will be able to describe how and why regions change over time.
Content Standard 4, Human Systems: Students understand how economic, political, and cultural processes interact to shape patterns of human migration and settlement, influence and interdependence, and conflict and cooperation.
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
Content Standard 6, Geographic Applications: Students apply geographic knowledge of people, places, and environments to interpret the past, understand the present, and plan for the future.
Content Standard 7, Geographic Skills: Students ask and answer geographic questions by acquiring, organizing, and analyzing geographic information.
History:
Content Standard 2.0, History Skills: Students will use social studies vocabulary and concepts to engage in inquiry, in research, in social studies analysis, and in decision-making.
Content Standard 8.0, The Twentieth Century, a Changing World: 1920 to 1945: Students understand the importance and impact of political, economic, and social changes in the world from 1920 to 1945.
- By the end of eighth grade, students will be able to identify some of the effects of World War II on the home front in the United States.
Module VII
Trees in Your Own Back Yard
Geography:
Content Standard 1.0, Map Use: The World in Spatial Terms: Students use maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
Content Standard 6, Geographic Applications: Students apply geographic knowledge of people, places, and environments to interpret the past, understand the present, and plan for the future.
Civics:
Content Standard 1.0, Rules, Law, and Government: Students know why society needs rules, laws, and governments.
Content Standard 5.0, Citizenship: Students know the roles, rights, and responsibilities of United States citizens, and the symbols of our country.
Module VIII
Harvesting Today in a Global Forest
Economics:
Content Standard 3.0, Functioning of Markets: Students will demonstrate an understanding of how markets work, including an understanding of why markets form, how supply and demand interact to determine market prices and interest rates, and how changes in prices act as signals to coordinate trade.
- By the end of eighth grade students will be able to explain how people benefit from trade.
Content Standard 9.0, The International Economy: Students explore the characteristics of non-U.S. economic systems in order to demonstrate an understanding of how they are connected, through trade, to peoples and cultures throughout the world.
Geography:
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
Civics:
Content Standard 8.0, International Relations: Students know the political and economic relationship of the United States and its citizens to other nations.
- By the end of eighth grade, students will be able to describe ways in which nations interact diplomatically.
History:
Content Standard 2.0, History Skills: Students will use social studies vocabulary and concepts to engage in inquiry, in research, in social studies analysis, and in decision-making.
Module IX
Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?
Geography:
Content Standard 2.0, Places and Regions: Students understand the physical and human features and cultural characteristics of places and use this information to define and study regions and their patterns of changes.
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
History:
Content Standard 2.0, History Skills: Students will use social studies vocabulary and concepts to engage in inquiry, in research, in social studies analysis, and in decision-making.
Content Standard 9.0, The Twentieth Century, a Changing World: 1945 to 1990: Students understand the shift of international relationships and power as well as the significant developments in American culture.
Content Standard 10.0, New Challenges, 1990-Present: Students understand the political, economic, social, and technological issues challenging the world as it approaches and enters the new millennium.
Module X
The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.
Geography:
Content Standard 1.0, Map Use: The World in Spatial Terms: Students use maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
History:
Content Standard 2.0, History Skills: Students will use social studies vocabulary and concepts to engage in inquiry, in research, in social studies analysis, and in decision-making.
Content Standard 10.0, New Challenges, 1990-Present: Students understand the political, economic, social, and technological issues challenging the world as it approaches and enters the new millennium.
Module XI
Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?
Geography:
Content Standard 5, Environment and Society: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.
History:
Content Standard 8.0, The Twentieth Century, a Changing World: 1920 to 1945: Students understand the importance and impact of political, economic, and social changes in the world from 1920 to 1945.
- By the end of eighth grade students will be able to identify scientific and technological advancements and their impacts.
Content Standard 9.0, The Twentieth Century, a Changing World: 1945 to 1990: Students understand the shift of international relationships and power as well as the significant developments in American culture.
Content Standard 10.0, New Challenges, 1990-Present: Students understand the political, economic, social, and technological issues challenging the world as it approaches and enters the new millennium.
