Module 14: My Environment- Social Studies 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of a region and recognize ways in which humans have changed the environment, such as clearing land, building roads, using land for agriculture, and drilling for oil. Students will also prove that humans have changed the environment.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Physical Processes
  1. Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of a region.
2 Human Modification
  1. Recognize ways in which humans have changed the environment, such as clearing land, building roads, using land for agriculture, and drilling for oil.
3 Can You Prove Human Modification?
  1. Prove that humans have changed the environment.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
water
cycle
erosion
weathering
clearing land
agriculture
drilling for oil
environment
prove
consequence

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Physical Processes 5 The Three Processes Assignment
2 Human Modification 5 Before and After Assignment
3 Can You Prove Human Modification? 5 My Drawing of Human Modification Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Physical Processes After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain what physical processes are, and which ones can change the environment. Have them explain the water cycle, weathering, and erosion, and research if there are any places where they live that have been changed by any of these physical processes.
2 Human Modification After completing this lesson, discuss with your students ways that humans change the environment and the pros and cons of their changes. Research ways where they live have changed because of human modifications to the environment.
3 Can You Prove Human Modification? After completing this lesson, ask your student to discuss at least three things they learned about the effects of human modification to the environment.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Physical Processes
  1. What physical processes can change the environment?
Human Modification
  1. How do humans change the environment?
Can You Prove Human Modification?
  1. How can you prove human modification to the environment?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Rocks: The Hard Facts: Erosion and Weathering Willa Dee
2 Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle Miranda Paul and Jason Chin
3 Human Environmental Impact: How We Affect Earth Ava Sawyer

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing