Our National Parks: Recreation and preservation
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A lesson plan for Grade 5 Social Studies
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- National Geographic
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Students will learn about the National Park system in the United States and research parks using books, magazines, maps, and the Internet to identify human modifications to the physical environment and the intended and unintended effects of those modifications.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will apply key geographic concepts to the United States and other countries of North America.
- Objective 1.01: Describe the absolute and relative location of major landforms, bodies of water,and natural resources in the United States and other countries of North America.
- Objective 1.06: Explain how people of the United States and other countries of North America adapt to, modify, and use their physical environment.
