Crossing the Border in a Day: Over and Back | Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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This lesson plan was created by Kim Daughetee (Dubuque School District) for students from sixth to eighth grade. During the lesson plan, students will learn to understand why people travel to different communities to acquire goods and services and the effects on both communities.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Economics

Theme

Population

Economic

Cultural/Social

Region

Latin America

Chile

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

National Geographic Standards

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

11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

EC 4. Understand factors that create patterns of interdependence in the world economy

EC 5. Understand the impact of advancing technologies on the global economy

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