Native Americans | Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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This lesson plan was created by Leah Allen (Kingsley Elementary, Waterloo CSD) for students in the 5th grade. By completing this lesson plan, students will be able to label and locate on a U.S. map various Native American groups and understand the relationship/effect of geography and climate on people.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Physical Geography

American History

Theme

Landforms

Climate

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

Iowa

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Iowa Core 21st Century Standards

TL 4. Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

17. How to apply geography to interpret the past

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

BS 4. Understand the process of how humans develop, learn, adapt to the environment, and internalize their culture

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

GE 2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions

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

GE 4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans