Join Anna in a travel adventure to one of the largest cities in the Midwest, the Windy City – Chicago IL. Points of interest are described through cheery postcards to friends and family. Historical monuments, famous sights and fascinating facts about destinations are included to learn more about the location.
Join Anna in a travel adventure to one of the most exciting cities in the U.S, The Big Apple - New York City, NY. Points of interest are described through cheery postcards to friends and family. Historical monuments, famous sights and fascinating facts about destinations are included to learn more about the location.
This program explains that communities can be classified by their geography; that there are forest, river, mountain, and ocean and valley communities. Provides examples of these communities including forestry in Northern California, wineries in the Napa Valley, Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, Mississippi River communitiesand the port of New york.
Earth is a vast, diverse and complicated place, but breaking it down into regions allows us to simplify the whole. In Places & Regions, students will understand the physical and human characteristics that combine to form the areas we create to interpret our planet's complexity.
Why do people settle where they do? Why do populations move from one place to another? In Human Systems, students will appreciate the role that the physical characteristics of Earth have played in determining where and how people live, and explore the notion that where and how we live has a huge impact on our planet.
Imagine that someone from another country has asked you to describe the United States in a single sentence -- not an easy task! However, dividing America into regions and comparing and contrasting them can help explain our nation's unique natural, physical and cultural features.
Students will explore how society uses the Earth's resources to meet our most basic needs for food, water and shelter, and how those same resources influence how and where we live. Through our use and misuse of technology, students will see how we impact the world around us and conversely, how the forces of the ever-changing Earth shape our lives as well.
