Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

"Who Are We?" Local Geography: Hull, Iowa

This lesson was created by Rob Van't Land (Boyden-Hull Community School District) for seventh grade students. Throughout this lesson plan, students will better understand the community they live in.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Sociology

English

Theme

Population

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

Region

Iowa

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Movement

Region

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

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

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

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