Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

How 'Bout Them Hawks!

This lesson plan was created by Julie Tremmel (Sigourney CSD) for students in fifth grade and was supported by the Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium (MISIC). During this lesson plan, students will learn about the Ioway Indians and others who lived and thrived here while considering the influence of geography on them and all of us who have followed.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Physical Geography

American History

Theme

Landforms

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

Iowa

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Common Core Standards

Reading Standards for Informational Text (RI)

Writing Standards (W)

Language Standards (L)

National Geographic Standards

12. The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

15. How physical systems affect human systems

17. How to apply geography to interpret the past

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations

HI 6. Understand the effects of geographic factors on historical events