Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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A Snapshot of Icelandic Culture

This lesson plan was created by Jennifer Broders (Pleasant Valley CSD) for students in 6-8 grade. In this lesson plan, students will apply what they have learned about culture in other parts of the world, specifically their own culture, and compare it to that of Iceland.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

World History

Theme

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

Europe

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

National Geographic Standards

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

15. How physical systems affect human systems

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

BS 1. Understand the changing nature of society

BS 2. Understand how personality and socialization impact the individual

BS 4. Understand the process of how humans develop, learn, adapt to the environment, and internalize their culture

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

HI 1. Understand historical patterns, periods of time, and the relationships among these elements

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

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