Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Where Do Zebras Live?

This lesson was created by Dawn Wiley (Mount Pleasant Community School District) for first grade students. With this lesson plan, students will learn about the life of a zebra through an artistic activity.

Discipline/Subject

Physical Geography

Art

Theme

Environmental

Region

Africa

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

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

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

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

GE 2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions