Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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Globalization and the Columbian Exchange

This lesson was created by Meagan McCoy (Central Lee School District) for eighth grade students. This lesson plan allows students to understand that the Columbian Exchange is an example of globalization and it greatly changed the entire world.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

World History

American History

Economics

Theme

Economic

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

United States

North America

Latin America

Europe

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

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

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

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

11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

EC 6. Understand how universal economic concepts present themselves in various types of economies throughout the world

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations

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

HI 7. Understand the role of innovation on the development and interaction of societies