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Social Studies Curriculum
Social Studies - 3rd Grade
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Standard 1
Students will understand how geography influences community location and development.
Objective 1
Determine the relationships between human settlement and geography.
 
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  • Geographic Features and Human Settlements
    Exploring the relationship between geography and settlements. Students will understand that people settle where there are geographical features that sustain life. They will take away that most major population centers are around water, food, and geographical features that help with safety and life sustaining supplies. Students might get confused that people just settle because of recreational or business attraction rather than life sustainability.
  • Human Settlement and Geography
 
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  • Our National Parks: Recreation and Preservation
    Students will learn about the National Park system in the United States and, through exploration of the parks (via books, magazines, maps, and the Internet), identify human modifications to the physical environment and the intended and unintended effects of those modifications.

 

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