3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Similarities & Differences Of People And Places
  • Subject(s):Social Studies
  • Days:16
  • Grade(s):1
Key Learning:

Geography, climate and natural resources affect they way people live and work.

Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
What are the key factors of geography, climate and natural resources that affect our lives?
   
Concept: Comparing & Contrasting Different Communities
Concept: Basic Needs of Families
Concept: Kinds of Natural Resources
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do landforms change and how do these changes affect people?

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What types of land do we have where we live?

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Why do people move?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

What do we need to live?

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How does where I live influence the way I live?

(A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do natural resources impact our lives?

(A)
Additional Information:

(Note: Holidays and Cultural Observances may be taught based on their calendar occurance dates.) --

Circle Map/Cause and Effect;Multiflow Map

textbooks, pictures, desk maps, tradebooks, transparencies, magazines, guest speakers, field trips, The Farm, by Gail Saunders-Smith; A Farming Town, By Peter and Connie Roop; A City, by Peter and Connie Roop; Forest, Village, Town, City by Dan Beekman.

Resources:

Vocabulary Report

  • towns -
  • water -
  • shelter -
  • city -
  • gas -
  • clothing -
  • trees -
  • food -
  • suburb -
  • money -
  • farm -
  • coal -
  • rural -
  • oil -
  • urban -
  • forest -
  • phosphate -
  • lakes -
  • rivers -
  • oceans -
  • sunlight -
  • clean air -
  • land -
  • wildlife -