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Native American Boarding Schools/Activity Starter

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Native American Boarding Schools/Activity Starter

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/boarding-schools/activity-starter-boarding-schools/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn about Native American boarding schools and complete an interesting activity. This video is part of Activity Starters, which is an animated video series. In each episode, an animated character introduces a concept and an activity.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 2
Living and Working Together in State and Nation

10 ) Identify ways people throughout the country are affected by their human and physical environments.

Examples: land use, housing, occupation

• Comparing physical features of regions throughout the United States

Example: differences in a desert environment, a tropical rain forest, and a polar region

• Identifying positive and negative ways people affect the environment

Examples: positive—restocking fish in lakes, reforesting cleared land

negative—polluting water, littering roadways, eroding soil

• Recognizing benefits of recreation and tourism at state and national parks (Alabama)

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History

Course Title: Living and Working Together in State and Nation

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Identify ways people are affected by their human and physical environments and provide examples of each.
Compare physical features of regions throughout the United States.
Identify positive and negative ways people affect the environment, including the benefits of recreation and tourism at state and national parks.

Teacher Vocabulary:

identify
human environment
physical environment
compare
physical features
regions of the United States
recognize benefits
recreation
tourism
state parks
national parks

Knowledge:

Students know:

Difference between human and physical environments the physical regions of the United States and the features of each.
Affects of environment on human behavior and ways of life.
Positive and negative affects of humans on the environment.
Examples of types of tourism and recreation and the affects of each, including state and national parks.

Skills:

Students are able to:

List examples of the ways human and physical environments affect people and the ways they live.
Differentiate between regions of the United States based upon their physical features.
Differentiate between positive and negative effects that people have on the environment.
Explain the benefits of recreation and tourism, including at state and national parks.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

There are various ways that people are affected by their human and physical environments, as well as the effects, both positive and negative, that humans have on the environment.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.2.10- Identify the benefits of recreation and tourism at state and national parks in Alabama.

Tags:

human and physical environments, Native American

License Type:

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Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

ALEX Classroom Resource

Native American Boarding Schools/Activity Starter