Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Comparing Three World Heritages: the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall, and the Statue of Liberty

This lesson was created by Natasha Cooper (SE Warren School District) and Kathy Sundstedt (Dike-New Hartford School District) for students from ninth to twelfth grade. During this lesson plan, students will be able to compare three famous monuments.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

English

Reading

Theme

Cultural/Social

Historical

21st Century Universal Constructs

Collaboration

Region

United States

North America

India

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Common Core Standards

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

National Geographic Standards

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

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

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

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

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