Unit: Geography Duration: 10 weeks
Grade Five
Standards Standard 3, Geography Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface. Essential Questions How have the key geographic and environmental characteristics of nations and regions in the Western Hemisphere affected the history, economies, and cultures of its nations? What changes in population of Western Hemisphere nations have taken place across time and place, and what has been the effect of these changes? How are nations in the Western Hemisphere geographically interdependent? Content (Students will know/understand that . . . ) Maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies can be used to gather, process, and report information about the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Political boundaries change over time. The nations and regions of the Western Hemisphere can be analyzed in terms of spatial organization, places, regions, physical settings (including natural resources), human systems, environment and society. The physical and human characteristics of places in the United States, Canada, and Latin America are diverse. Culture and experiences influence people’s perceptions of places and regions in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Human actions modify the physical environments of the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Where you live affects how you live Skills (Students will be able to . . . ) Identify the key physical and human characteristics of the hemispheres and its nations. Identify geographic features that nations and regions share.