Students will analyze primary source images of Native Americans interacting with the environment. The images show different aspects of how Native Americans dressed, hunted, and lived.

Students will attempt to build a sod house by making choices regarding the construction of their house. Too many wrong answers and the house will collapse! This engaging and lighthearted activity will help students understand the challenges settlers faced while trying to survive on the open prairie.

This lesson allows students to investigate the world by taking the students to another country in a book about 2 girls that only have one pair of shoes, and includes information about countries working together and sharing natural resources in a show of global interdependence in the manufacturing of athletic shoes.This lesson was developed by James Agner as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

In this lesson, students use data from visuals and graphs to make inferences about places. Students discover that human characteristics of places depend upon the natural resources found in environment in their community. Natural resources also affect jobs that are available in the area as well.

This lesson will address the physical and human characteristics of the local community. Students will build geographic vocabulary as well as use map skills.

Students use data from visuals and graphs to make inferences about places. Students discover that human characteristics of places depend upon the natural resources found in environment in their community. Natural resources also affect jobs that are available in the area as well.

In this lesson, students describe and illustrate the sun as our primary source of energy. Lesson is located on pages 6-7 of the pdf.

This resource teaches students where recycled items go, what kinds of recycled products are made from recycled items, and how recycled items are sorted for processing.

This lesson will address the physical and human characteristics of the local community. Students will build geographic vocabulary as well as use map skills.