Next Generation Social Science Standards
Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture
D2.Geo.4.6-8. Explain how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.
D2.Geo.7.3-5. Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
Common Core Literacy Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.7
Draw information from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it: cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
National Core Arts Standards
Visual Arts: Responding, Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work
Enduring Understanding: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.