Correlations to Tennessee’s Course of Study
Module I
8000 years of American Prehistory
Grade 6: Social Studies
Culture:
6.1.03: Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture.
World History:
6.5.01: Recognize the importance of fire, weapons, and tools to early cultures and agriculture.
6.5.12: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future.
6.5.13: Identify how to use historical information acquired from a variety of sources.
Grade 7: Social Studies
Geography:
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces.
History:
7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.
Grade 8: Social Studies
History:
8.5.01: Identify ancient civilizations of the Americas.
8.5.02: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future.
8.5.03: Acquire historical information from a variety of sources to develop critical sensitivities such as skepticism regarding attitudes, values, and behaviors of people in different historical contexts.
Module II
From Forest to Farm and Back Again
Grade 6: Social Studies
Geography:
6.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.
Grade 7: Social Studies
Geography:
7.3.01: Understand the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies.
7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.
7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces.
History:
7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement.
7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.
Grade 8: Social Studies
Geography:
8.3.01: Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
8.3.03: Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems.
8.3.04: Understand the geographic factors that determined the locations and patterns of settlements in the United States and Tennessee.
History (Colonization and Settlement):
8.5.06: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future.
Module III
Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization
Grade 6: Social Studies
Geography:
6.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.
Grade 7: Social Studies
Culture:
7.3.03: Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture.
Geography:
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
History:
7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.
Module IV
From Arbor Day to Earth Day
Grade 7: Social Studies
Geography:
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
Government and Civics:
7.4.02: Understand how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of resources, rights, and privileges.
Individuals, Groups, and Interactions:
7.6.01: Understand the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities.
Grade 8: Social Studies
History (Colonization and Settlement):
8.5.06: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future.
Individuals, Groups, and Interactions:
8.6.01: Recognize the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities.
8.6.02: Understand how groups can impact change at the local, state national and world levels.
Module V
A New Profession Takes Seed
Grade 7: Social Studies
History:
7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.
Grade 10: Career Technical Education Course Standards
Forestry:
Standard 1: The student will explore careers in the world of forestry.
Module VI
From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
Grade 7: Social Studies
Geography:
7.3.01: Understand the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies.
7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.
7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces.
History:
7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement.
7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.
Grade 8: Social Studies
Geography:
8.3.01: Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
8.3.03: Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems.
Module VII
Trees in Your Own Back Yard
Grade 7: Social Studies
Geography:
7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.
7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
History:
7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement.
Individuals, Groups, and Interactions:
7.6.01: Understand the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities.
7.6.02: Understand how groups can effect change at local, regional, and global levels.
7.6.03: Understand how a geographic view is a significant tool in interpreting the present and planning for the future.
Grade 8: Social Studies
Government & Civics:
8.3.04: Understand the geographic factors that determined the locations and patterns of settlements in the United States and Tennessee.
Individuals, Groups, and Interactions:
8.6.02: Understand how groups can impact change at the local, state national and world levels.
Module VIII
Harvesting Today in a Global Forest
Grade 7: Social Studies
Economics:
7.2.02: Understand global economic connections, conflicts, and interdependence.
7.2.03: Understand the changes that occur in the nature, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
Geography:
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
Government and Civics:
7.4.02: Understand how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of resources, rights, and privileges.
Grade 8: Social Studies
Economics:
8.2.02: Understand global economic connections, conflicts, and interdependence.
8.2.04: Understand the interactions of individuals, businesses, and the government in a market economy.
Module IX
Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?
Grade 7: Social Studies
Geography:
7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.
7.3.06: Understand how physical processes shape the Earth's natural landscapes and affect environments.
7.3.07: Understand how physical systems and the physical environment affect human systems.
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
History:
7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.
Module X
The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.
Grade 7: Social Studies
Geography:
7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
History:
7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.
Module XI
Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?
Grade 7: Social Studies
Geography:
7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.
History:
7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.
Grade 8: Social Studies
Culture:
8.1.04: Describe the influence of science and technology on the development of culture through time.
