Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Body Art

This lesson was created for students from ninth to twelfth grade. At the end of this lesson plan, students will have learned about the history, use, and impact of body art in different cultures.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Theme

Cultural/Social

21st Century Universal Constructs

Creativity

Region

Bangladesh

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

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

6. How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 6. Understand how culture affects the interaction of human populations through time and space

GE 7. Understand how cultural factors influence the design of human communities