People, Places and Environments This theme helps learners to develop their spatial views and perspectives of the world, and to understand the relationships between people, places, and environments. Learners examine where people, places and resources are located, why they are there, and why this matters. They explore the effects of the environment on human activities and the impact of the activities on the environment. This area of study is crucial to informed civic decision-making about human-environmental relationships. Essential Questions Essential Knowledge Processes/Skills Instructional Resources How have my geography surroundings Learners will understand: Learners will be able to: influenced my history and the history of This involves the study of location, place, Ask and find answers others? and the interactions of people with their to geographic NSAB 8: What happened when three surroundings. questions. worlds met? pp. 16-17. Concepts such as location, direction, Investigate distance and scale. relationships among NSAB 9: Where did the Spanish settle? Physical and characteristics of the people, places and pp. 18-19 school, community, state and region and environments, using the interactions of people in these atlases, data bases, NSAB 10: Where did the English and places. charts, graphs, maps other Europeans settle? pp. 20-21 Physical changes in the community, such and geospatial How has geography influenced how my as seasons, climate, and weather, and technologies. NSAB 11-15: colonies became the town has grown and developed? their effects on plants and animals. Gather and interpret US? pp. 22-29 Cultural patterns and their interactions information from by means such as migration and various Lesson: settlement change in customs or ideas representations of and in the way people make a living. Earth. Benefits and problems resulting from the discovery and use of resources. Tools such as maps, globes, and geospatial technologies in investigating the relationships among people, places and environments. Second Nine Weeks
People, Places and Environments This theme helps learners to develop their spatial views and perspectives of the world, and to understand the relationships between people, places, and environments. Learners examine where people, places and resources are located, why they are there, and why this matters. They explore the effects of the environment on human activities and the impact of the activities on the environment. This area of study is crucial to informed civic decision-making about human-environmental relationships. Essential Questions Essential Knowledge Processes/Skills Instructional Resources How have my geography surroundings influenced my history and the history of others? How has geography influenced how my town has grown and developed? Learners will understand: This involves the study of location, place, and the interactions of people with their surroundings. Concepts such as location, direction, distance and scale. Physical and characteristics of the school, community, state and region and the interactions of people in these places. Physical changes in the community, such as seasons, climate, and weather, and their effects on plants and animals. Cultural patterns and their interactions by means such as migration and settlement change in customs or ideas and in the way people make a living. Benefits and problems resulting from the discovery and use of resources. Tools such as maps, globes, and geospatial technologies in investigating the relationships among people, places and environments. Learners will be able to: Ask and find answers to geographic questions. Investigate relationships among people, places and environments, using atlases, data bases, charts, graphs, maps and geospatial technologies. Gather and interpret information from various representations of Earth. NSAB 8: What happened when three worlds met? pp. 16-17. NSAB 9: Where did the Spanish settle? pp. 18-19 NSAB 10: Where did the English and other Europeans settle? pp. 20-21 NSAB 11-15: colonies became the US? pp. 22-29 Lesson: Second Nine Weeks