Young students need to build a foundation for understanding of the 5 themes of geography. To help them build that foundation, primary teachers must find literature which brings the themes to their level. By building this foundation in the early grades, students will be able to use the themes in later grades to establish an understanding of geographic information.
Humans adapt to their environment.
Humans move from place to place. Students will listen to the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, focusing on what needs they had and how their needs were met. Students will list the needs of people in Chewandswallow. Students will discuss how those needs were met. Students will work in pairs to compare and contrast their own needs with those of the people in the book.