The significance of private forests in the U. S.
http://www.foresthistory.org/Education/Curriculum/activity/activ10/activ10.htm
A lesson plan for grades 5–7 Science and Social Studies
The significance of Private Forests in the U.S. has students study the history of private forests and the values these lands have to the United States . Students will also examine family forests in America , and take a closer look at the challenges facing private forestland owners.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations to build an understanding of the interdependence of plants and animals.
- Objective 1.01: Describe and compare several common ecosystems (communities of organisms and their interaction with the environment).
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 1.06: Explain how people of the United States and other countries of North America adapt to, modify, and use their physical environment.
Grade 6
- Goal 1: The learner will use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts.
- Objective 1.02: Generate, interpret, and manipulate information from tools such as maps, globes,charts, graphs, databases, and models to pose and answer questions about space and place, environment and society, and spatial dynamics and connections.
Grade 7
- Goal 1: The learner will use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts.
- Objective 1.02: Generate, interpret, and manipulate information from tools such as maps, globes, charts, graphs, databases, and models to pose and answer questions about space and place, environment and society, and spatial dynamics and connections.
