Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

The Changing American Landscape: Adapted for a Historical Perspective

This lesson was created by Kimn Hassenfritz and Jennifer Slagel (Mount Pleasant Community School District) for ninth grade students. Throughout this lesson plan, students will be able to understand how humans have changed the physical landscape over time and be able to apply historical events to the pictures.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Physical Geography

American History

Theme

Environmental

Landforms

Climate

Historical

Region

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

National Geographic Standards

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

10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

14. How human actions modify the physical environment

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 7. Understand how cultural factors influence the design of human communities