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Teacher Curriculum
Standards
The instructional unit is planned
for the fourth graders at Colegio Roosevelt: The American School of Lima
in Lima, Peru. The students are primarily native Spanish speakers
and have varying levels of proficiency in English. In their
Spanish class of 50 minutes a day, the students learn Peruvian history and
geography and Spanish language arts. The fourth grade social studies
curriculum, for the English instruction classes, focuses on geographic
regions and one of the geographic regions is the desert.
Social Studies Standards Addressed
- Understanding that all living things
adapt to their environment;
- Humans have a significant impact on
their environment;
- Deserts exist on all continents; and
- Deserts have unique geographic features
This lesson will not only include
the social studies curriculum, but as they study the animals and the geographic
changes in the desert they will be exploring science. The research and writing
will include the language arts area, plus many more. This lesson
gives the students opportunities to use creative problem solving, critical
thinking, teamwork, and creative production.
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