SS.Geog5
Wisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th Grade
Wisconsin students will evaluate the relationship between humans and the environment.
Child standards (8)
- SS.Geog5.a.1Provide examples of human changes to the environment surrounding the school or neighborhood.
- SS.Geog5.a.3-4Compare the positive and negative effects of human actions on our physical environment (e.g., availability of water, fertility of soils) over time.
- SS.Geog5.a.hAnalyze the intentional and unintentional spatial consequences of human actions on the environment at the local, state, tribal, regional, country, and world levels.
- SS.Geog5.a.mAnalyze how technology interacts with the environment and how increased use of technology affects the burden and use of natural resources.
- SS.Geog5.b.2Identify natural resources (e.g., fertile soil, forests, mining) of a place and provide examples of how those resources are used.
- SS.Geog5.b.5Examine how human actions modify the physical environment when using natural resources (renewable and nonrenewable).
- SS.Geog5.b.hHypothesize how changes in human behavior (e.g., organic agriculture, Genetically Modified Organisms, ecotourism) can result in changes that have effects on a global scale.
- SS.Geog5.b.mAnalyze how distribution of natural resources such as fisheries and crops (renewable and nonrenewable) creates systems of commerce between groups. Analyze how unequal distribution of resources creates inequities between regions and can lead to conflict between competing countries.