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Strand 2: Geography

Students will use geographic tools and map skills to explore the ways geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way people live and work.

Compelling Questions:

  • How does food that does not grow in our state end up in our lunchroom and homes?
  • Which geographic features are made by humans, and which are natural?
  • What are some of the reasons people or animals move from place to place?
  • How do geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way people live and work (for example, crops that can be grown in Utah and why they can be grown there)?

Standard 1.2.4

Explain the reasons that people, animals, and goods move.
  • Why Do People Move?
    This is a Private i History Detectives unit consisting of four lessons. It is from iCivics, Grade 2, Unit 1. Description: People move for many different reasons. Maybe for jobs or to be closer to family. In this inquiry-based unit, students will learn all about moving. They will start by learning about the push and pull factors that cause animals to move. While learning new vocabulary, listening to stories, and examining primary source materials, students will better understand reasons why humans move. The unit ends with stories of the push and pull factors that influenced the Great Migration.

UEN logo http://www.uen.org - in partnership with Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and Utah System of Higher Education (USHE).  Send questions or comments to USBE Specialist - Robert  Austin and see the Social Studies website. For general questions about Utah's Core Standards contact the Director - Jennifer  Throndsen.

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