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Unit Summary: In this unit, students will learn about maps and map tools that help them read a map. They will use maps to locate places and identify features. Students will learn about human characteristics and human interactions with the environment. They will identify a local problem and make a plan to fix it. Students will also learn about characteristics of culture, reasons why people move, and regions of the world.
Unit Standards: N/A Table of Contents: Week 17: Map Skills Week 18: Location Week 19: Physical Features of Places Week 20: Human Characteristics of Places Week 21: Humans and the Environment Week 22: Movement
Week 23: Culture Week 24: Regions Unit Essential Question: How can I learn about and describe places? Unit Learning Objectives: ● Students will be able to identify different types of maps and map tools that help them read a map. ● Students will be able to locate places, such as continents and oceans, their hometown, state, and North America on a map and a globe. ● Students will be able to identify physical features of their community and describe their community using physical features. ● Students will learn about human characteristics of places. ● Students will be able to explain the human characteristics of their environment and how humans interact with their environment. ● Students will be able to identify positive and negative human interactions with the environment. ● Students will identify a problem in the local environment and make a plan to fix it. ● Students will learn about the reasons people move and be able to explain some reasons why people moved to the United States.
● Students will be able to identify different characteristics of culture. ● Students will be able to locate and describe a region of the world.
Map Skills | Week 17
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