Geography Standard Three - Grades K-3

Sample Activities

Students might be asked to use photos, movie clips, books, and other material to gather information about cities, towns, suburban settlement and rural areas in the United States and around the world. They would then describe the size, building styles, economic, and cultural activity of each type of settlement [Places].

If this inquiry was extended to the types of products people produce or consume, it would also meet the K-3 economics standard.

Students could be asked to examine a state highway map to count the number of cities, towns, and villages. They would then compare the number and size of the roads, railroads, and other transportation link between the settlements and speculate on the types of good shipped by each transportation link [Places].

This inquiry also relates to the K-3 economics standard when the type of goods carried is considered.

Parent Partnership Project: Students could map trips to other settlements taken by families of student in the class during the past month, gather information about the reasons for travel, and deduce that settlements depend upon each other [Places].

Comparing photographs of small towns and villages in various regions of the United States, students might identify the ways in which they are distinctive [Places].

to Geography Standard Three.