Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

The Hispanic Migration into Iowa

This lesson was created by Joan Lehman for sixth grade students. Throughout this lesson plan, students will become aware of the positive and negative impact of Hispanic migration to Hispanics and to Iowa.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

American History

English

Reading

Theme

Population

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

Historical

21st Century Universal Constructs

Critical Thinking

Collaboration

Region

Iowa

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

Reading Standards for Literature (RL)

National Geographic Standards

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

12. The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

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

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