Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Cultural Environment: Native American Peoples in North America

This lesson was created by Erin Boydston for students from third to fifth grade. During this lesson plan, students will use photographs to compare the cultural environment of Native Americans.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

American History

English

Theme

Population

Cultural/Social

Region

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

Writing Standards (W)

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

5. That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity

15. How physical systems affect human systems

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions

GE 4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans