Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Mapping Activity: What Countries Have Child Soldiers?

This lesson plan was created by Kimn Hassenfritz (Mount Pleasant Community School District) for tenth grade students. Throughout this lesson, students will be able to understand the existence and plight of child soldiers worldwide.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Physical Geography

Sociology

Theme

Environmental

Landforms

Climate

Population

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

Region

None specified

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

Readings Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies (RH)

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

13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

BS 4. Understand current social issues to determine how the individual formulates opinions and responds to issues

BS 5. Understand how social status, social groups, social change, and social institutions influence individual and group behaviors

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