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Highland OSAE: Observation, Speculation, Analysis, Evaluation

This lesson plan was created by Carrie Taylor (Highland Elementary, Waterloo CSD) for 3rd grade Talented/Gifted students. In this lesson plan, students will observe changes that occured when Highland Elementary was built, and complete a OSAE- observation, speculation, analysis, evaluation.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Talented/Gifted

Theme

Cultural/Social

Region

Iowa

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

12. The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

BS 1. Understand the changing nature of society

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations