Taken from the Kentucky Department of Education website, the standards listed below, including Academic Expectations, Program of Studies and Core Content for Assessment, have shaped the "From Alaska: Transportation in Denali" segment. While the program also provides the creative teacher ample opportunity to fulfill other State requirements, the standards listed below are directly addressed in the video segment and/or one of the supplemental lessons. For each 'Program of Studies' or 'Core Content for Assessment' entry, a link is provided in cases where a prepared supplemental lesson will assist teachers in fulfilling a requirement.
Academic Expectations 2.19Students recognize and understand the relationship between people and geography and apply their knowledge in real-life situations.
Addressed in:All Lessons.
Program of Studies SS-5-G-3 Students will recognize unique places in the United States.
SS-5-G-4 Students will examine how the history of the United States was influenced by its physical environment.
SS-5-G-5 Students will understand human settlement patterns in the United States and how they were related to the physical environment.
SS-5-G-6 Students will understand how the people of the United States have used technology to modify the environment to meet their needs.
Core Content for Assessment SS-E-4.1.4 After looking at spatial factors, decisions (e.g., where to locate a store, house, playground, or equipment on a playground) are made about where to locate human activities on Earth's surface.
Addressed in: Theme Map
SS-E-4.2.1 Every place is unique and can be described by its human (e.g., language, religion, housing) and physical characteristics (e.g., landforms, climates, water).
Addressed in: Theme Map
SS-E-4.2.2 Regions are areas that have one or more physical or human characteristics in common (e.g., physical: geographical regions of Kentucky, South, Midwest, Western Hemisphere; human: Appalachia, the Cornbelt, Amish country).
Addressed in: Theme Map
SS-E-4.3.1 Human populations gather in groups of different sizes and in different locations in the world.
SS-E-4.3.2 Humans usually settle where there are adequate resources to meet their needs (e.g., areas with water, fertile land, protected land, different modes of transportation).
SS-E-4.3.3 Technology allows humans to settle in areas previously inaccessible.
SS-E-4.4.1 People depend upon the physical environment for food, shelter, and clothing.
SS-E-4.4.2 People adapt to or modify the environment (e.g., produce food, build shelter, make clothing) to meet their needs.
SS-E-4.4.3 The physical environment both promotes and limits human activities (e.g., mountains as barriers or as protection, rivers used as boundaries or transportation routes).
SS-E-4.4.4 People may have different perspectives concerning the use of land (e.g., building developments, cutting down rain forest for farming).
5th Grade Math:
Academic Expectations 1.5 - 1.9 Students use mathematical ideas and procedures to communicate, reason, and solve problems.
Addressed in: Travel Time
2.7 Students understand number concepts and use numbers appropriately and accurately.
