Public learning track
People, Places, and the Environment
8 lessons
Goal
Discover how humans adapt to, use, and modify their natural environment to meet their needs.
8 lessons
0 of 8 done
- What Are Natural Resources?Up next
- Adapting Clothing and Food to Weather and ClimateNot started yet
- Traditional Dwellings: Tepees, Wikiups, and Earth LodgesNot started yet
- Pioneer and Settler Homes: Log Cabins and Sod HousesNot started yet
- Modern Homes and Construction MaterialsNot started yet
- The Bison and Sustainable LivingNot started yet
- How People Change the Land: Farming and RoadsNot started yet
- Caring for Our Environment and Natural ResourcesNot started yet
Standards Covered
- SS2.4.2Wyoming Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Identify tools and technologies, including those of Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming, that made or make life easier and sustainable (e.g., cars for getting one place to another, washing machines for washing clothes, or flashlights to see in the dark, and usage of bison and natural resources).
- SS2.5.4Wyoming Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Identify how people, including Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming, may adjust to and/or change their environment in order to survive (e.g., clothing, houses, foods, and natural resources).
- SS2.2.1Wyoming Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Name the ways groups (e.g., families and schools), including Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming, meet human needs and concerns (e.g., belonging and personal safety) and contribute to personal identity and daily life (e.g., compare features of modern-day living [food, shelter, clothing, transportation] to those of the past; create a chart showing how farming, schools, or communities have changed over time; illustrate past dwellings [tepee, sweat lodge, wikiup, sod, log cabin, earth lodge] and present-day housing).
Curriculum Framework
1st Grade · Social Studies · US-WY-SS
1
8 lessons
Citizenship, Rules, and Laws
Understand why rules and laws exist in schools, communities, tribal nations, and our country, and how good citizens participate.
2
9 lessons
Symbols, Traditions, and National Holidays
Identify patriotic symbols, songs, pledges, and celebrations of the United States and Wyoming's Indigenous Tribes.
3
9 lessons
Culture, Families, and Communities
Explore how families, traditions, languages, and cultural expressions shape personal identity and diverse communities.
4
9 lessons
Geography and Mapping Our World
Read and create maps using keys, cardinal directions, and symbols, and compare physical and human characteristics of communities.
5
8 lessons
People, Places, and the Environment
Discover how humans adapt to, use, and modify their natural environment to meet their needs.
6
9 lessons
History, Change Over Time, and Technology
Examine how tools, technology, daily life, and major events have changed from the past to the present and shape the future.
7
8 lessons
Economics: Needs, Wants, and Economic Choices
Understand fundamental economic concepts including needs, wants, goods, services, prices, saving, and modern production.
8
7 lessons
Social Studies Inquiry and Research Tools
Develop research, literacy, and digital inquiry skills using libraries, atlases, dictionaries, computers, and primary sources.