Adaptive Perseverance: Students explore multiple strategies to address the impacts of growth.
Learner’s Mindset: Students actively seek to understand how geography influences citizenship.
Critical Thinking: Students analyze and evaluate the costs and benefits of societal growth.
How do the 5 Themes of Geography impact our daily lives as citizens?
In what ways do collaboration and perspective influence societal growth both today and in ancient cultures?
How to the 5 Themes of Geography relate to a map
Students can explain how each theme relates to their role as citizens.
Students can draw conclusions about how the 5 Themes relate to a map.
SS:GE:6:1.1 (Geography)
Translate mental maps into appropriate graphics to display geographic information and answer geographic questions, e.g., countries through which a person would travel between Cairo and Nairobi. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment, J: Human Expression and Communication)
SS:GE:6:1.2 (Geography)
Apply the spatial concepts of location, distance, direction, scale, movement, and region, e.g., the relative and absolute location of the student's community, or the diffusion of the English language to the United States. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment, F: Global Transformation)
SS:GE:6:1.3 (Geography)
Utilize maps, globes, graphs, charts, models, and databases to analyze spatial distributions and patterns, e.g., climate zones, natural resources, or population density. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment)
SS:CV:6:1.1 (Civics)
Apply criteria for evaluating the effectiveness and fairness of rules and laws at the local, state, or federal levels. (Themes: B: Civic Ideals, Practices, and Engagement, E: Cultural Development, Interaction, and Change)
SS:WH:6.5.3 (World History)
Explain the impact of ethnic and religious groups on the development and stability of empires and nation-states
RI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
RI.6.1.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
W.6.1
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
L.6.5c
Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions)
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