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Adaptation to Mountain Life: Housing, Food, and Clothing
Explain how early West Virginia settlers used native timber, wild game, and valley farming to adapt to Appalachian environments.
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West Virginia Geography and Natural Resources
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Explore West Virginia's physical regions, major waterways, transportation challenges, and foundational natural resource industries.
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Learning standards covered
SS.4.9West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesDocument the effects of and explain how people adapted to geographic factors (e.g., climate, mountains, bodies of water, etc.) on the following: • transportation routes; • settlement patterns and population density; • culture (e.g., jobs, food, clothing, shelter, religion, government, etc.); and • interactions with others (locally and nationally)
SS.4.12West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the impact of West Virginia’s geography on transportation, settlement, jobs, clothing, food, shelter, services, and interaction with others outside the state.
SS.4.17West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the impact of West Virginia’s geography on transportation, settlement, jobs, clothing, food, shelter, services, and interaction with others outside the state.