Speaking Through Clothing | Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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This lesson was created by Kelly Davidson for students from sixth to eighth grade. During this lesson plan, students will understand how clothing is a form of expression and communication.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Physical Geography

English

Reading

Theme

Environmental

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

Region

India

South Asia

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

Readings Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies (RH)

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

2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people places, and environments in a spatial context

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

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

5. That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

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