Correlations to

Montana's Academic Standards

Module I

8000 years of American Prehistory

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 1: Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations.

Module II

From Forest to Farm and Back Again

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).

Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

Module III

Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).

Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

Module IV

From Arbor Day to Earth Day

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies:
Std 2: Students analyze people create and changes structures of power, authority, and governance to understand the operation of government and to demonstrate civic responsibility.

Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

Module V

A New Profession Takes Seed

Grades 6-8:

Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

Module VI

From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).

Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

Module VII

Trees in Your Own Back Yard

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).

Module VIII

Harvesting Today in a Global Forest

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 5: Students make informed decisions based on an understanding of the economic principles of production, distribution, exchange, and consumption.

Module IX

Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 3: Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions).

Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

Module X

The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 1: Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations.

Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

Module XI

Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?

Grades 6-8:

Social Studies :
Std 1: Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations.

Std 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.