Correlations to Wisconsin’s Course of Study
Module I
8000 years of American Prehistory
A.8.6 Describe and distinguish between the environmental effects on the earth of short-term physical changes, such as those caused by floods, droughts, and snowstorms, and long-term physical changes, such as those caused by plate tectonics, erosion, and glaciation.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
B.8.1 Interpret the past using a variety of sources, such as biographies, diaries, journals, artifacts, eyewitness interviews, and other primary source materials, and evaluate the credibility of sources used.
B.8.4 Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently depending upon the perspectives of participants, witnesses, reporters, and historians.
Module II
From Forest to Farm and Back Again
A.8.1 Use a variety of geographic representations, such as political, physical, and topographic maps, a globe, aerial photographs, and satellite images, to gather and compare information about a place.
A.12.4 Analyze the short-term and long-term effects that major changes in population in various parts of the world have had or might have on the environment.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
Module III
Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization
A.12.4 Analyze the short-term and long-term effects that major changes in population in various parts of the world have had or might have on the environment.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
B.8.8 Identify major scientific discoveries and technological innovations and describe their social and economic effects on society.
Module IV
From Arbor Day to Earth Day
A.8.11 Give examples of the causes and consequences of current global issues, such as the expansion of global markets, the urbanization of the developing world, the consumption of natural resources, and the extinction of species, and suggest possible responses by various individuals, groups, and nations.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
B.8.7 Identify significant events and people in the major eras of United States and world history.
C.8.8 Identify ways in which advocates participate in public policy debates.
C.12.8 Locate, organize, analyze, and use information from various sources to understand an issue of public concern, take a position, and communicate the position.
E.8.4 Describe and explain the means by which individuals, groups, and institutions may contribute to social continuity and change within a community.
Module V
A New Profession Takes Seed
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
B.8.7 Identify significant events and people in the major eras of United States and world history. (Progressive Era)
E.8.4 Describe and explain the means by which individuals, groups, and institutions may contribute to social continuity and change within a community.
E.8.5 Describe and explain the means by which groups and institutions meet the needs of individuals and societies.
Module VI
From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
A.8.1 Use a variety of geographic representations, such as political, physical, and topographic maps, a globe, aerial photographs, and satellite images, to gather and compare information about a place.
A.12.4 Analyze the short-term and long-term effects that major changes in population in various parts of the world have had or might have on the environment.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
Module VII
Trees in Your Own Back Yard
A.8.1 Use a variety of geographic representations, such as political, physical, and topographic maps, a globe, aerial photographs, and satellite images, to gather and compare information about a place.
A.8.11 Give examples of the causes and consequences of current global issues, such as the expansion of global markets, the urbanization of the developing world, the consumption of natural resources, and the extinction of species, and suggest possible responses by various individuals, groups, and nations.
A.12.4 Analyze the short-term and long-term effects that major changes in population in various parts of the world have had or might have on the environment.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
E.8.4 Describe and explain the means by which individuals, groups, and institutions may contribute to social continuity and change within a community.
Module VIII
Harvesting Today in a Global Forest
A.8.5 Identify and compare the natural resource bases of different states and regions in the United States and elsewhere in the world, using a statistical atlas, aerial photographs, satellite images, and computer databases.
A.12.6 Collect and analyze geographic information to examine the effects that a geographic or environmental change in one part of the world, such as volcanic activity, river diversion, ozone depletion, air pollution, deforestation, or desertification, may have on other parts of the world.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
D.8.7 Identify the location of concentrations of selected natural resources and describe how their acquisition and distribution generates trade and shapes economic patterns.
Module IX
Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?
A.8.5 Identify and compare the natural resource bases of different states and regions in the United States and elsewhere in the world, using a statistical atlas, aerial photographs, satellite images, and computer databases.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
C.12.8 Locate, organize, analyze, and use information from various sources to understand an issue of public concern, take a position, and communicate the position.
E.8.5 Describe and explain the means by which groups and institutions meet the needs of individuals and societies.
Module X
The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
C.12.8 Locate, organize, analyze, and use information from various sources to understand an issue of public concern, take a position, and communicate the position.
D.8.7 Identify the location of concentrations of selected natural resources and describe how their acquisition and distribution generates trade and shapes economic patterns.
E.8.5 Describe and explain the means by which groups and institutions meet the needs of individuals and societies.
Module XI
Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development affects environment and culture.
B.8.8 Identify major scientific discoveries and technological innovations and describe their social and economic effects on society.
E.8.5 Describe and explain the means by which groups and institutions meet the needs of individuals and societies.
