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Art Around the World: GPS Scavenger Hunt

This lesson plan was created by Debralee Lithimane (Wilson Middle School, Council Bluffs CSD) for students in 6th-8th grade. In this lesson plan, students will complete an Around the World Scavenger Hunt, and discuss artworks that project a larger idea about the universal nature of art and its connections around the world.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Art

Theme

Cultural/Social

21st Century Universal Constructs

Critical Thinking

Complex Communication

Flexibility and Adaptability

Productivity and Accountability

Region

None specified

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Region

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

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

6. How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

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

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