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TN Department of Education Curriculum Standards

 

Module I

8000 years of American Prehistory

Grade 6: Social Studies- Culture:

6.1.03: Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture.

Grade 6 Social Studies - World History

6.5.01: Recognize the importance of fire, weapons, and tools to early cultures and agriculture.

6.5.12: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future.

6.5.13: Identify how to use historical information acquired from a variety of sources.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces.

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.

Grade 8 Social Studies - History:

8.5.01: Identify ancient civilizations of the Americas.

8.5.02: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future.

8.5.03: Acquire historical information from a variety of sources to develop critical sensitivities such as skepticism regarding attitudes, values, and behaviors of people in different historical contexts.

 

Module II

From Forest to Farm and Back Again

Grade 6 Social Studies - Geography:

6.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.01: Understand the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies.

7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.

7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces.

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement.

7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.

Grade 8 Social Studies - Geography:

8.3.01: Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

8.3.03: Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems.

8.3.04: Understand the geographic factors that determined the locations and patterns of settlements in the United States and Tennessee.

Grade 8 Social Studies - History (Colonization and Settlement):

8.5.06: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future.

 

Module III

Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization

Grade 6 Social Studies - Geography:

6.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Culture:

7.3.03: Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.

 

Module IV

From Arbor Day to Earth Day

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Government and Civics:

7.4.02: Understand how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of resources, rights, and privileges.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Individuals, Groups, and Interactions:

7.6.01: Understand the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities.

Grade 8 Social Studies - History (Colonization and Settlement):

8.5.06: Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future.

Grade 8 Social Studies - Individuals, Groups, and Interactions:

8.6.01: Recognize the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities.

8.6.02: Understand how groups can impact change at the local, state national and world levels.

 

Module V

A New Profession Takes Seed

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.

Grade 10 Career Technical Education Course Standards - Forestry:

Standard 1: The student will explore careers in the world of forestry.

 

Module VI

From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.01: Understand the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies.

7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.

7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

7.3.09: Understand the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaces.

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement.

7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.

Grade 8 Social Studies - Geography:

8.3.01: Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

8.3.03: Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems.

 

Module VII

Trees in Your Own Back Yard

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.03: Understand the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.

7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.01: Understand the patterns of human settlement.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Individuals, Groups, and Interactions:

7.6.01: Understand the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities.

7.6.02: Understand how groups can effect change at local, regional, and global levels.

7.6.03: Understand how a geographic view is a significant tool in interpreting the present and planning for the future.

Grade 8 Social Studies - Government & Civics:

8.3.04: Understand the geographic factors that determined the locations and patterns of settlements in the United States and Tennessee.

Grade 8 Social Studies - Individuals, Groups, and Interactions:

8.6.02: Understand how groups can impact change at the local, state national and world levels.

 

Module VIII

Living in a Global Forest

Grade 7 Social Studies - Economics:

7.2.02: Understand global economic connections, conflicts, and interdependence.

7.2.03: Understand the changes that occur in the nature, use, distribution, and importance of resources.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Government and Civics:

7.4.02: Understand how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of resources, rights, and privileges.

Grade 8 Social Studies - Economics:

8.2.02: Understand global economic connections, conflicts, and interdependence.

8.2.04: Understand the interactions of individuals, businesses, and the government in a market economy.

 

Module IX

Wildfires: Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.

7.3.06: Understand how physical processes shape the Earth's natural landscapes and affect environments.

7.3.07: Understand how physical systems and the physical environment affect human systems.

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.

 

Module X

The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.04: Understand the physical and human characteristics of place.

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.


 

Module XI

Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?

Grade 7 Social Studies - Geography:

7.3.08: Understand how human activities impact and modify the physical environment.

Grade 7 Social Studies - History:

7.5.02: Recognize that places change over time.

Grade 8 Social Studies - Culture:

8.1.04: Describe the influence of science and technology on the development of culture through time.