North America: Human and Environmental Interactions Gr. 5-8

Download or read book North America: Human and Environmental Interactions Gr. 5-8 written by Irene Evagelelis and David McAleese and published by Classroom Complete Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **This is the chapter slice "Human and Environmental Interactions Gr. 5-8" from the full lesson plan "North America"** Travel from the northern tundra all the way down to the Yucatan Peninsula while exploring North America. See the physical features that characterize the continent on a map. Find countries in North America and list them in order of most northerly to most southerly. Locate where many of North America's largest cities were developed and why they were set up there. Decide whether a situation is either a positive or a negative human/environment interaction based on the scenario. Compare the different kinds of transportation used on a fishbone graphic organizer. Collect facts about the Rocky Mountains, like physical characteristics and vegetation on a web organizer. Review a detailed region map of the United States to see transportation routes from one end to the other. Aligned to your State Standards and the Five Themes of Geography, additional maps, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.