Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Art Around the World

This lesson plan was created by Carrie Pope (Council Bluffs CSD) for students in the 6th grade. In this lesson plan, students will use Google Maps, latitude, and longitude to gain an understanding of artists around the world.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Art

Theme

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

Region

None specified

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments