Bosnia: Then and Now | Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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This lesson was created by Barry Eberhard (Wapsie Valley Community School District) for seventh grade students. During this lesson plan, students will gain a better understanding of the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia as it took place in the 1990s.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

World History

Sociology

Theme

Population

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

Europe

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

Readings Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies (RH)

Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies (WHST)

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

2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people places, and environments in a spatial context

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

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

10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

17. How to apply geography to interpret the past

18. How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

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

HI 3. Understand the role of culture and cultural diffusion on the development and maintenance of societies

HI 4. Understand the role of individuals and groups within a society as promoters of change or the status quo

HI 6. Understand the effects of geographic factors on historical events

HI 8. Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues