Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Monsoons: A Three Season Play

This lesson was created by Kathy Sundstedt (Dike-New Hartford School District) for students from sixth to eighth grade. As a result of this lesson plan, students will learn about the natural disaster of a monsoon in an interactive way.

Discipline/Subject

Physical Geography

English

Reading

Theme

Landforms

Climate

Hazards

21st Century Universal Constructs

Creativity

Collaboration

Region

India

South Asia

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Common Core Standards

Writing Standards (W)

National Geographic Standards

7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans