Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Where Does it Come From?

This lesson plan was created by Barry Eberhard (Wapsie Valley Jr./Sr. High School) for students in the 9th grade. By completing this lesson plan, students will be able to better understand the movement of goods, espeically their own clothing, in the global market.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Economics

Theme

Economic

Cultural/Social

Region

None specified

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

6. How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

EC 2. Understand the role of scarcity and economic trade-offs and how economic conditions impact people's lives

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