Students will consider how the environment affects how people live, identify examples of human adaptation, and appreciate human-environment interaction. Students identify our national holidays, make and use a timeline, and appreciate the unique nature and shared values of family celebrations. In this activity students make a picture web to describe a place.
Students discuss the characteristics of life in the country, in a suburb, and in a city.
They compare and contrast general environmental differe nces and explore their immediate environment. With this activity, students express a personal view of land areas as well as buildings, schools, stores, and cultural events that make their community unique. As children study their own community, they also develop the framework for learning about other communities. In this activity, children interview a classroom visitor to learn about another community and discover what it has in common with their own. In this activity, students research the traditions of different cultures through the creation of a multi-cultural calendar.