Geography Standard Two - Grades 4-5

Sample Activities

In selecting the best location for various economic activities or sporting events, students would be expected to base their decisions on data from topographic or climatic maps, climographs, statistical data, etc., and given reasoned for the site selected [Environment].

This activity could support the Economics Standard at this level by examining the interaction of individuals, communities, and businesses.

On maps showing topography and climate, students might speculate on the probably sources of water for irrigation, drinking, industrial and recreational uses in various regions of the United States and in the local area. They would then evaluate their conclusions with a map of human settlements, and identify adaptations and impact of water use [Environment].

Students could compare early and modern maps of any major port city or prominent coastal feature, such as Cape Henlopen, and offer reasons for the changes in waterfront or coastline over time [Environment].

This activity would lead into History Standard Four, which considers the early settlement history of Delaware.

Students might match pictures of different types of vegetation with a United States map of climates [Environment].

Students might be invited to consider the ways in which the character of Delaware's physical environment (including environmental hazards) limits or constrains students' everyday lives: work, recreation, place of residence, etc. They would then consider how the list might change and life might be different in the student moved to another part of the United States [Environment].

This activity coincides with the Science Standard Eight considering the interactions of humans and their environment.

to Geography Standard Two.