This Virtual Field Trip is anchored in 3rd Grade Geography Curriculum.

7.1. Basic Geographic Literacy

7.1.3. GRADE 3

A. Identify geographic tools and their uses.

· Characteristics and purposes of different geographic representations

~      Maps and basic map elements

~      Globes

~      Graphs

~      Diagrams

~      Photographs

· Geographic representations to display spatial information

~      Sketch maps

~      Thematic maps

· Mental maps to describe the human and physical features of the local area

B. Identify and locate places and regions.

· Human features

~      Countries (i.e., United States, Mexico, Canada)

· Regions as areas with unifying geographic characteristics

~      Physical regions (e.g., landform regions, climate regions, river

basins)

~      Human regions (e.g., neighborhoods, cities, states, countries)

7.2 The Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions

7.2.3. GRADE 3

A. Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions.

· Physical properties

~      Landforms (e.g., plains, hills, plateaus and mountains)

~      Bodies of water (e.g., rivers, lakes, seas and oceans)

7.3 The Human Characteristics of Places and Regions

7.3.3. GRADE 3

A. Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their population characteristics.

· The number and distribution of people in the local community

· Human movement in the local community (e.g., mobility in daily life, migration)

B. Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their cultural characteristics.

· Components of culture (e.g., language, belief systems and
customs, social organizations, foods, ethnicity)

· Ethnicity of people in the local community (e.g., customs, celebrations, languages, religions)

C. Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their settlement characteristics.

· Types of settlements (e.g., villages, towns, suburbs, cities, metropolitan areas)

E. Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their political activities.

· Type of political units (e.g., townships, boroughs, towns, cities, counties, states, countries (nation state))

· Political units in the local area

D. Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their economic activities.

· Location factors in the spatial distribution of economic activities (e.g., market, transportation, workers, materials)