Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Surviving the Monsoon: Natural Hazards in Bangladesh

This lesson was created by Melinda Aeschliman (Saydel Schools) for eighth grade students. Through this lesson plan, students will be able to compare features of Bangladesh with Iowa features.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Physical Geography

Economics

English

Reading

Special Education

Computers/Technology

Theme

Environmental

Landforms

Climate

Hazards

Population

Urban

Rural/Agriculture

Economic

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

Iowa

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

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

14. How human actions modify the physical environment

15. How physical systems affect human systems

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

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

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