Next Generation Social Science Standards:
Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Region, 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:
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.7
Draw information from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Key Ideas and Details
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