Length of Time:   30-45 minutes

Description

Essential Questions

How does the geography of a location affect the lifestyle of the people who live there?

Common Core Standards

English Language Arts: Reading: Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details, K-2

RI.K-2.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.K-2.3. Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

English Language Arts: Reading: Informational Text: K-2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K-2.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

English Language Arts: Language, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use, K-2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K-2.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.

Content Standards

Massachusetts Curriculum Standards:

Grade 1:
True Stories and Folk Stories from America and Around the World
History and Geography: Map Skills

Grade 2:
E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One
History and Geography: Map and Globe Skills